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The tales of Hoffman...
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DVD TAL Mus
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The tales of Hoffmann [videorecording (
DVD
)].
Criterion Collection, [2005].
Call #:
DVD
TAL
Mus
Series
Video Difference legacy collection.
ISBN:
0780021126
Alternate title:
Powell and Pressburger's The tales of Hoffmann [videorecording (
DVD
)]
Format:
[videorecording (
DVD
)].
Description:
1 videodisc (127 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Film adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's fantasy opera.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer ; audio commentary by director Martin Scorsese and film-music historian Bruce Eder ; new video interview with director George A. Romero ; The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1956), a short musical film directed by Michael Powell, based on the Goethe story ; rare collection of production designer Hein Heckroth's sketches and paintings ; gallery of archival production and publicity photographs ; original theatrical trailer ; a new essay by film historian Ian Christie.
Home use only.
English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Production:
London Films presents a Powell & Pressburger production ; written, produced & directed by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger.
Performers:
Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Leonide Massine with Robert Rounseville, Ludmilla Tcherina, Pamela Brown, Ann Ayars, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart. with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Summary:
"Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one of a kind take on a classic story. In Jacques Offenbach's fantasy opera The Tales of Hoffman, a poet dreams of three women - a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer - all of whom break his heard in different ways. Powell and Pressburger's feverishly romantic adaptation is a feast of music, dance, and visual effects, and one of the most exhilarating opera films ever produced."--Container.
Genre:
British films.
Musical films.
Fantasy films.
Opera films.
Romance films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann.
Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.
Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.
Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006.
Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986.
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Central Library
Adult Feature DVDs
DVD TAL Mus
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Jun 26, 2024
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