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Written on the wind [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1566D | Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection ; 96.Publication details: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2001]Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1559409134
  • 9781559409131
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .W75 2001
Other classification:
  • HU 9800
  • HU 9800
Partial contents:
Special features include: New widescreen digital transfer ; The melodrama archive, annotated filmography of Douglas Sirk ; theatrical trailers for Written on the wind and All that heaven allows ; liner notes by Laura Mulvey.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Russell Matty ; editor, Russell F. Schoengarth ; music, Frank Skinner.
Awards:
  • Academy Awards, 1957: Best Supporting Actress (Dorothy Malone)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Grant WIlliams, Edward C. Platt.Summary: "Bathed in lurid Technicolor, melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind is the stylishly debauched tale of a Texas oil magnate brought down by the excesses of his spoiled offspring. Features an all-star quartet that includes Robert Stack as a pistol-packin' alcoholic playboy; Lauren Bacall as his long-suffering wife; Rock Hudson as his earthy best friend; and Dorothy Malone as his nymphomaniac sister."--Container.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0702 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050096104

Based on the novel by Robert Wilder.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.

Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.77:1).

Special features include: The melodrama archive, annotated filmography of Douglas Sirk; theatrical trailers for Written on the wind and All that heaven allows; in insert, liner notes by Laura Mulvey.

Special features include: New widescreen digital transfer ; The melodrama archive, annotated filmography of Douglas Sirk ; theatrical trailers for Written on the wind and All that heaven allows ; liner notes by Laura Mulvey.

Not rated by MPAA.

DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital mono.

In English with optional English SDH subtitles.

Academy Awards, 1957: Best Supporting Actress (Dorothy Malone)

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