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Tabu : a story of the south seas /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: ID5931MLSDVD | Milestone Film & VideoSubtitle language: English Series: Milestone collectionPublisher: Chatsworth, CA : Milestone Film & Video, [2002]Distributor: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2002]Description: 1 videodisc (81 min.) : DVD video, silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Story of the south seas
  • Title from container: F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty's Tabu
Uniform titles:
  • Tabu (Motion picture : 1931)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .T33 2002
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Photographed by Floyd Crosby; musical setting by Hugo Riesenfeld.
Awards:
  • 1931 Academy Award winner for Best Cinematography
Cast: Matahi (the boy), Reri (the girl), Jean (the policeman), Hitu (the old warrior).Summary: Two lovers are doomed by a tribal edict decreeing that the girl is "tabu" to all men.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1738 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050129312

Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.

"Restored by UCLA Film and Television Archive."

Special features: Audio commentary by UCLA Film Professor Janet Bergstrom; Theatrical trailer; Outtake footage; Short film: "Reri in New York"; Still gallery; Telegrams & script pages (Adobe Acrobat files).

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital mono.

Silent film with music and English captions.

1931 Academy Award winner for Best Cinematography

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