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Divorzio all'italiana /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DIV110 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Italian Original language: Italian Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 286.Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005]Edition: Special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0780029585
  • 9780780029583
Other title:
  • Disc label title: Divorce Italian style
  • Title on container: Pietro Germi's Divorce Italian style
Uniform titles:
  • Divorzio all'italiana (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.42/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .D592 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Production credits:
  • Directors of photography, Leonida Barboni and Carlo Di Palma ; editing, Roberto Cinquini ; music, Carlo Rustichelli.
Awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Odoardo Spadaro, Margherita Girelli, Angela Cardile, Lando Buzzanca.Summary: A married man who has fallen in love with a younger woman hatches an elaborate scheme to kill his wife.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-03459 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050310610

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.

"Under exclusive license from Cristaldifilm SNC"--Container.

Special features (disc 2): "L'uomo dal sigaro in bocca" ( = The man with a cigar in his mouth) documentary film (interviews with Germi's longtime friends and collaborators, conceived & directed by Mario Sesti, 39 min.); "Delighting in contrasts" (collection of interviews with actors Lando Buzzanca & Stefania Sandrelli, 31 min.); interview with screenwriter Ennio De Concini (7 min.); screen tests of actors Stefania Sandrelli (5 min.) & Daniela Rocca (4 min.).

Booklet includes essays by film critic Stuart Klawans ("The facts (and fancies) of murder"), film historian Andrew Sarris ("Pietro Germi : idealist with no illusions") & director Martin Scorsese ("On 'Divorce Italian style'").

"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label.

disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.

DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital mono, aspect ratio 16:9.

In Italian, with optional English subtitles.

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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