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Black Orpheus [videorecording (DVD)].

Criterion Collection, c1999.

Orpheus (Greek mythological character) -- Drama.

Carnival -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Drama.

Brazilian drama -- 20th century -- Film adaptations.

Portuguese films.

Criterion collection 48.

Video Difference legacy collection.

9780780022218 ([extended international version])

0780022211 ([extended international version])

9781604652871 (2010 2-DVD special ed.)

Alternate title:

Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus [videorecording (DVD)]

Orfeu negro [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 (or 2) videodisc(s) (107 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Inspired from the play "Orfeu da Conçeicão" by Vinícius de Moraes.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.

Special features (1999 [extended international version]): Uncut version of the film, featuring 4 minutes of previously unseen footage ; remastered sound that showcases Antonio Carlos Jobim & Luis Bonfa's bossa nova score ; new and improved English subtitle translation ; French theatrical trailer.

Special features (Two-DVD Special Edition): Disc 1: New, restored high-definition digital transfer ; optional English-dubbed soundtrack ; new and improved English subtitle translation ; Disc 2: Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and Actress Marpessa Dawn ; new video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Sam, Jazz Historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro ; Looking for "Black Orpheus", a French documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today ; theatrical trailer ; PLUS: a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson.

1.33:1 aspect ratio.

At head of title: Marcel Camus'.

Please note: some copies are the 2010 2-DVD special editions on 2 discs with more bonus features and a booklet. See holdings.

Includes the original Portuguese language track with optional English subtitles as well as a dubbed English track.

Producer, Sacha Gordine ; director, Marcel Camus ; script, Jacques Viot ; photography, Jean Bourgoin ; original score by Luis Bonfá, Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira and Lea Garcia.

"1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States. Criterion is proud to present the extended international version of Black Orpheus in a gorgeous new transfer."--Container.

Academy Award: Best Foreign Language Film, 1959.

Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival, 1959.

Bossa nova (Music)

Moraes, Vinícius de. Orfeu da Conceição.

Camus, Marcel, 1912-1982.

Jobim, Antonio Carlos.

Dawn, Marpessa.

Oliviera, Lourdes de.

Garcia, Léa, 1933-

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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