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Death & the compass / Estudios Echurubuscos/Azteca ; a KHB/PCS production in association with Cable Hogue ; a Together Brothers picture ; an Alex Cox film ; screenplay, Alex Cox ; producer, Lorenzo O'Brien ; director, Alex Cox.
LIBRA DVD 011 090
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986--Film adaptations.
- Borges, Jorge Luis.
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986.
- Occult crime investigation--Drama.
- Occult crime investigation.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (86 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Death and the compass
- Place of Publication:
- Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [1996]
- System Details:
- DVD ; Dolby digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A brilliant detective investigates a series of strange murders in a totalitarian city of the future. But when bizarre crimes point to a labyrinth of occult conspiracy, the inspector discovers that his unorthodox methods may be leading to his own equally dark destruction.
- Participant:
- Peter Boyle, Christopher Eccleston, Miguel Sandoval.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Muguel Garzon; editor, Carlos Puente; music, Pray for Rain.
- Notes:
- Based on the story Muerte y la brújula / Jorge Luis Borges.
- DVD release of the 1992 motion picture.
- Special features: widescreen presentation enhanced for 16x9 TVs; audio commentary with Director Alex Cox and composer Dan Wool; original short: Spiderweb.
- OCLC:
- 47273641
- Publisher Number:
- DV11394 Anchor Bay
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