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The magnificent Ambersons /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 1000202178 | Warner Home Video200048841 | Warner Home Video300037566 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2011]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0780676483
  • 9780780676480
Other title:
  • Title on container: Orson Welles' The magnificent Ambersons
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946. Magnificent Ambersons
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.77 .M34 2011
NLM classification:
  • FE DR 1942 M346
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Photography, Stanley Cortez ; set designer, Mark-Lee Kirk, Al Fields ; film editor, Robert Wise ; costumes, Edward Stevenson.
Awards:
  • Named to the National Film Registry in 1991 by the Library of Congress.
  • 1943 Academy Awards (U.S.) nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Agnes Moorhead); Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Stanley Cortez); Best Picture (Mercury); Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White (Albert S. D'Agostino, A. Roland Fields, Darrell Silvera).
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Richard Bennett.Summary: A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02551 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050192057

Credits spoken by narrator (Orson Welles).

Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.

From the novel by Booth Tarkington.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD; NTSC region 1; Dolby Digital mono.

In English and Spanish, with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles; SDH captions for the deaf and hearing impaired.

Named to the National Film Registry in 1991 by the Library of Congress.

1943 Academy Awards (U.S.) nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Agnes Moorhead); Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Stanley Cortez); Best Picture (Mercury); Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White (Albert S. D'Agostino, A. Roland Fields, Darrell Silvera).

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