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Mister Roberts / Warner Brothers Pictures ; screen play by Frank Nugent and Joshua Logan ; produced by Leland Hayward ; directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy.
LIBRA DVD 012 129
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Heggen, Thomas, 1919-1949--Film adaptations.
- Heggen, Thomas.
- Heggen, Thomas, 1919-1949.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Mr. Roberts
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [1998]
- Language Note:
- In English and French soundtracks with optional French subtitles.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby surround 5.1.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A comedy-drama about life aboard a Navy cargo ship in Pacific waters during World War II. The monotonous non-combat duty of a fun-loving crew is enlivened by a feud between the petty, intolerant captain and an impetuous, highly-respected cargo officer whose continuous efforts to get a transfer to combat duty are blocked by the captain.
- Contents:
- [Side] A. Widescreen [version of the feature
- side] B. Special features.
- Participant:
- Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond, Phil Carey.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Winton Hoch; film editor, Jack Murray; music composed and conducted Franz Waxman.
- Notes:
- Based on the play of the same name by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan, which was in turn based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Heggen.
- Special features: Audio commentary by Jack Lemmon; documentary excerpt of an Ed Sullivan Toast of the Town tribute episode featuring the movie's stars; excerpt from the documentary Fonda on Fonda, profiling Henry Fonda's involvement with the play and film; production notes; 9 theatrical trailers.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1955.
- ISBN:
- 0790738171 :
- OCLC:
- 187677877
- Publisher Number:
- 085391669227
- 16692 Warner Home Video
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