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General Idi Amin Dada : autoportrait / Janus Films ; un film de Barbet Schroeder ; [produced by] Jean-Pierre Rassam [and] Charles-Henri Favrod ; executive producer Jean-François Chauvel ; a production of Le Figaro, Mara Films, TV Rencontre.
LIBRA DVD 001 821
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 153.
- Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
- The Criterion collection ; 153
- The Classic collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amin, Idi, 1925-2003.
- Amin, Idi.
- Uganda--History--1971-1979.
- Uganda.
- History.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Director approved special edition.
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Barbet Schroeder's General Idi Amin Dada : a self portrait
- Idi Amin Dada : a self portrait
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2002]
- Language Note:
- In English only.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A darkly comic documentary of the self-styled dictator of Uganda providing a disturbing portrait of one of the 20th century's most notorious figures.
- Credits:
- Caméra, Nestor Almendros; montage, Denise de Casabianca; musique, Idi Amin Dada.
- Notes:
- Special features: video interview with Barbet Schroeder; timeline of Ugandan history; documentation of Idi Amin's requested cuts to the film.
- Originally released in France as an English language film, with French subtitles.
- Original theatrical aspect ratio.
- Edition statement from label on container.
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 1974.
- ISBN:
- 0780025075
- OCLC:
- 49870691
- Publisher Number:
- 037429166529
- IDI020 The Criterion Collection
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