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The red shoes [videorecording (DVD)].

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Independent Producers, c1999, c1948.

Fairy tales -- Film adaptations

Criterion collection 44

Video Difference legacy collection.

Alternate title:

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The red shoes [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (134 min.) : monaural sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Originally released by the Rank Organisation, 1948.

Special features : New digital transfer; Audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie, featuring interviews with Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Jack Cardiff, Brian Easdale and Martin Scorsese; Jeremy Irons reads excerpts from the novelization and fairy tale; Scorsese's collection of memorabilia from the movie; Rare publicity and behind-the-scene production stills; "The Red Shoes Sketches", an animated film of Hein Heckroth's painted storyboards; A Powell and Pressburger filmography with clips and stills.

Special features (Special edition double-dvd set)(Disc 1) : New high-definition master from the award-winning 2009 digital restoration ; Introductory restoration demonstration with filmmaker Martin Scorsese ; audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie, featuring interviews with stars Marious Goring and Moira Shearer, cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and Scorsese ; audio recording of actory Jeremy Irons reading excerpts from Powell and Pressburger's novelization of The Red Shoes ; theatrical trailer.

Special features (Special edition double-dvd set)(Disc 2) : Profile of "The Red Shoes," a documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team ; video interview with director Michael Powell's widow, editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, in which she discusses, Powell, the film, and the restoration ; Collection of rare publicity stills and behind-the-scenes photos ; gallery of items from Scorsese's personal collection of The Red Shoes memorabilia ; "The Red Shoes" sketches, an animated film of Hein Heckroth's painted storyboards, with the Red Shoes ballet as an alternate angle ; audio recording of Irons reading the original Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Red Shoes"; plus a booklet featuring an essay by critic David Ehrenstein and a description of the restoration by UCLA film archivist Robert Gitt.

Presented in the original theatrical aspect ratio (1.33:1)

Closed-captioned.

Written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875. Røde sko. English

Walbrook, Anton, 1900-1967.

Goring, Marius, 1912-1998.

Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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