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The sand pebbles [videorecording (DVD)].

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2007.

Americans -- China -- Drama.

United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century -- Drama.

China -- History -- 1912-1928 -- Drama.

China -- History -- 1928-1937 -- Drama.

Cinema classics collection

Video Difference legacy collection.

Alternate title:

Canonnière du yang-tsé [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 (or 2) videodisc(s) (ca. 379 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital Surround sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.

Based on the novel by Richard McKenna.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966.

Special features: Disc 1: Commentary with director Robert Wise and actors Candice Bergen, Mako, and Richard Crenna ; isolated soundtrack with commentary by music producer Nick Redman, film music historian Jon Burlingame, and Lem Dobbs, film historian and screenwriter of The limey and Dark city -- Disc 2: Introductions by Robert Wise and Richard Zanuck ; The making of The sand pebbles featurettes: Weighing anchor; Cast & characters; Rough seas; McQueen on deck; Sound & image; A worthy vessel ; Side bars: Steve McQueen remembered, Robert Wise in command, China 1926 ; From the Fox vault: A ship called San Pablo, narrated by Richard Attenborough; The secret of the San Pablo, narrated by Richard Crenna; radio documentaries narrated by Richard Attenborough: Changsha Bund and the Streets of Taipei; A ship called San Pablo; radio spots; original theatrical trailer; still galleries ; MAD Magazine's The Sand Pebbles.

Widescreen 2.35:1 (theatrical version) and widescreen 2.20:1 (roadshow version).

Bilingual packaging (English/French).

Disc 1: theatrical version contains English, French, and Spanish language tracks with optional English or Spanish subtitles; Disc 2: Roadshow version is in English with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

Disc 1. Theatrical version (183 min.) -- Disc 2. Roadshow version (ca. 196 min.) (double-sided: Side A is the feature; Side B is special features).

Screenplay by Robert Anderson ; directed by Robert Wise.

Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna and Candice Bergen with Marayat Andriane, Mako and Larry Gates.

"Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this 'fascinating' (The New York Times) action-drama chronicles a volatile time in history and will resonate with generations to come. Directed with a 'deft'(Life) hand by Oscar winner Robert Wise (The Sound Of Music), The Sand Pebbles earned Steve McQueen his only Oscar nomination and also stars Richard Attenborough and Candice Bergen. 1926 China. Engineer Jake Holman (McQueen) is transferred to the USS San Pablo, a gunboat patrolling the troubled waters of the Yangtze River. As Chinese factions battle around them, the crew has one singular mission: to protect American interests in the region... without provoking an international incident. But as hostility over the U.S. presence in the river intensifies, Holman and his sole ally (Attenborough) know their latest assignment - to save a U.S. missionary (Bergen) - could be their last!"--Container.

Adventure films.

Anti-war films.

Romantic adventure films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

McKenna, Richard. Sand pebbles.

Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.

McQueen, Steve, 1930-1980.

Attenborough, Richard.

Crenna, Richard, 1927-2003.

Bergen, Candice, 1946-

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