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Indiscretion of an American wife ; & Terminal station /

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: CC1592D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 202.Publisher: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2003]Description: 1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1559409401
9781559409407

Other title:

Vittorio de Sica's Indiscretion of an American wife ; & Terminal station

Related works:

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989. Stazione Termini

Subject(s):

Genre/Form: DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

PN1997 .I4735 2003

Other classification:

IV 51000

Online resources:

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Contents:

Indiscretion of an American wife / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Vittorio De Sica production ; screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, Luigi Chiarini, Giorgio Prosperi ; dialogue by Truman Capote ; produced and directed by Vittorio De Sica (72 min.) -- Terminal Station = Stazione termini / a Vittorio De Sica production ; screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, Luigi Chiarini, Giorgio Prosperi ; dialogue by Truman Capote ; directed by Vittorio De Sica (89 min).

Production credits:

Photographed by Aldo Graziati ; edited by Eraldo da Roma, Jean Barker (Indiscretion of an American wife only) ; music by Alessandro Cicognini ; conducted by Franco Ferrara.

Cast: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Gino Cervi, Dick Beymer, Paolo Stoppa, Nando Bruno, Enrico Glori, Liliana Gerace, Giuseppe Porelli, Roberto Rai.Summary: An American housewife (Jennifer Jones) vacationing in Italy reluctantly decides to put an end to her brief affair with an Italian academic (Montgomery Clift). She flees to Rome's Stazione Termini, where she bids him farewell, but he begs her to stay. The film's plot is simple; its production was not. The troubled collaboration between director Vittorio De Sica and producer David O. Selznick resulted in two cuts of the same film. De Sica's version, Terminal Station, was screened at a length of one-and-a-half hours, but after disappointing previews, Selznick severely re-edited it and changed the title to Indiscretion of an American Wife without De Sica's permission.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 1580 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050127573

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Based on the story: Stazione Termini / Cesare Zavattini.

Contains both the original version of the film (Terminal Station = Stazione Termini) and David O. Selznick's cut (Indiscretion of an American wife, to which he added a Patti Page-performed overture consisting of two songs: Autumn in Rome, and Indiscretion).

Terminal Station originally produced and released as a motion picture in 1953; Indiscretion of an American wife released in 1954.

Special Features: new digital transfers of both versions of the film: Indiscretion of an American Wife: Selznick's 72-minute cut, including the Patti Page-performed overture "Autumn in Rome" and "Indiscretion"; Terminal Station (Stazione termini): De Sica's original 89-minute version; exclusive audio commentary on Indiscretion of an American wife by film scholar Leonard Leff (Hitchcock and Selznick: The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick); original theatrical trailer; promotional materials.

DVD; Dolby digital mono.; RSDL dual layer.

In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).

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