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Il gattopardo = The leopard /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1602D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Italian, English Original language: Italian Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 235.Publisher: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Edition: Special edDescription: 3 videodiscs (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1559409509
  • 9781559409506
Other title:
  • Parallel English title on disc label and container: Leopard
Uniform titles:
  • Gattopardo (Motion picture).
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .G376 2004
Contents:
Special features: (Disc one) new high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, with restored image and sound and presented in the original Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.21:1; audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; new and improved English subtitle translation; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition; (Disc two) A Dying Breed: The Making of The Leopard, a new hour-long documentary featuring interviews with actress Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, director of photography Giuseppe Totunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others; Interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo; an exclusive video interview with professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania on the history behind The Leopard; original theatrical trailers and newsreels; stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos; (Disc three) new transfer of the 161-minute American release, with English-language dialogue (including Burt Lancaster's actual voice); plus: a new essay by author and film historian Michael Wood.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; camera, Nino Cristiani, Enrico Cignitti, Giuseppe Maccari ; production design, Mario Garbuglia ; film editor, Mario Serandrei ; music, Nino Rota.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paola Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli ... [et al.].Summary: Set in Sicily in the 1800s, this film depicts Prince Salina, a great landowner, who watches the decrease of the aristocracy's power and influence during the 'Il Risorgimento', the unification of Italy under the royal House of Savoy. The upper class tries to ignore the nationalist movements, while the prince's rebellious nephew joins Giuseppe Garibaldi's revolutionaries.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0842 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050097631

From the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. Contains both the original Italian version (Disc One) and the shortened English-language version (Disc Three) that was theatrically released in the United States.

Program notes containing a new essay by author and film historian Michael Wood ([10] pages : ports.) in container.

Special features on disc 1: new high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound and presented in the original Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.21:1; optional audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; new English subtitles; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer.

Special features on disc 2: A dying breed : the making of The leopard, a 60 min. documentary featuring interviews with actress Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, director of photography Giuseppe Totunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others; interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo; an interview with Prof. Millicent Marcus on the history behind Il gattopardo; original theatrical trailers and newsreels; stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos.

Special features on disc 3: new transfer of the 161-minute American release, with English-language dialogue (including Burt Lancaster's actual voice); an essay by author and film historian Michael Wood.

Special features: (Disc one) new high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, with restored image and sound and presented in the original Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.21:1; audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; new and improved English subtitle translation; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition; (Disc two) A Dying Breed: The Making of The Leopard, a new hour-long documentary featuring interviews with actress Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, director of photography Giuseppe Totunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others; Interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo; an exclusive video interview with professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania on the history behind The Leopard; original theatrical trailers and newsreels; stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos; (Disc three) new transfer of the 161-minute American release, with English-language dialogue (including Burt Lancaster's actual voice); plus: a new essay by author and film historian Michael Wood.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9); Dolby digital mono.

Main feature in Italian with optional English subtitles.

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