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Under the volcano /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1718D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 410.Publisher: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2007]Edition: Special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (17 chiefly unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1934121940
  • 9781934121948
  • 9785557603812
  • 5557603816
  • 551502642X
  • 9785515026424
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957. Under the volcano
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .U5347 2007
Other classification:
  • AP 51175
Online resources:
Contents:
Notes from "Under the Volcano" -- Volcano, an inquiry into the life and death of Malcolm Lowry.
Production credits:
  • Production supervisor, Tom Shaw ; director of photography, Gabriel Figueroa ; production designer, Gunther Gerzso ; edited by Roberto Silvi ; music by Alex North.
Cast: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Katy Jurado, Ignacio Lopez Tarzo.Summary: Withering from alcoholism, British consul Geoffrey Firmin stumbles through a small Mexican village amidst the Day of the Dead fiesta, attempting to reconnect with his estranged wife, but only further alienating himself.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-03641 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050314055

Based on the novel by Malcolm Lowry.

Previously released as a motion picture in 1984.

Wide screen (1.78:1).

Accompanying booklet features essay by Christian Viviani.

Special features Disc 1: Audio commentaries by Michael Fitzgerald, Wieland Schulz-Keil, and Moritz Borman on the film, by Guy Gallo on selected scenes, and by Danny Huston on the main title sequence; Theatrical trailer.

Special features on Disc 2: Interview with Jacqueline Bisset (2007); Notes from Under the volcano (60 min. documentary on the film's production, 1984) directed by Gary Conklin; Volcano, an inquiry into the life and death of Malcolm Lowry (99 min. documentary about author Malcolm Lowry, 1976) narrated by Richard Burton; Audio interview with John Huston (1984).

Notes from "Under the Volcano" -- Volcano, an inquiry into the life and death of Malcolm Lowry.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.

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

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