Franz Kafka's it's a wonderful life-- and other strange tales.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Capaldi, Peter, screenwriter, director.
• D'Alessio, Richard, director.
• Scardino, Don, director.
• Allen, John David, director.
• Vanguard Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Genre:

• Short films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

It's a wonderful life

Place of Publication:

[Huntington Beach, CA] : Vanguard Films, [2001]

System Details:

• DVD.
• digital
• optical
• video file
• DVD video

Summary:

Four short films that were award winners and festival favorites.

Contents:

• Franz Kafka's it's a wonderful life (25 min.) / written and directed by Peter Capaldi
• Seven gates (20 min.) / directed by Richard D'Alessio
• Deal (19 min.) / directed by Don Scardino
• Mr. McAllister's cigarette holder (20 min.) / directed by John D. Allen.

Participant:

Richard Grant, Elaine Collins, Crispin Letts (Franz Kafka's it's a wonderful life); David Huband, Richard Waugh, Peter Keleghan (Seven gates); Joe Grifasi, Larry Pine (The deal); James Mayberry, Nora Heflin (Mr. McAllister's cigarette holder).

Credits:

Producer, Ruth Kenley-Letts; photographer, Simon Maggs; editor, Nikki Clemens; composer, Philip Appleby (Franz Kafka's it's a wonderful life). Producer, Jeffrey Berman; written by Richard D'Alessio ... [et al.]; director of photography, Simon Mestel; editor, Mark Hajek (Seven gates). Producers, Diane Krausz, James Calabrese; written by Lewis Black; director of photography, Geoffrey Erb; editor, Joshua Brown; music by Jane Ira Bloom (The deal). Producers, Allen James Gay, Keith Crofford; screenplay by Wade Steadman, based on a short story by Mark Steadman; director of photography, Larry Robertson; co-editors, John D. Allen, Amy Carey; music arranged and performed by Matthew Patrick (Mr. McAllisters cigarette holder.

Notes:

Videodisc release of four short films which were produced in 1993, 1997, 1996 and 1994.

Contains:

• Franz Kafka's it's a wonderful life.
• Seven gates.
• The deal.
• Mr. McAllister's cigarette holder.

OCLC:

79215662

Publisher Number:

• 658769013634
• VF0136 Vanguard Films