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Viva Zapata! / Twentieth Century-Fox ; written by John Steinbeck ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; directed by Elia Kazan.
LIBRA VHS F1234 .Z332 1987
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pinchon, Edgcumb, 1883---Film adaptations.
- Pinchon, Edgcumb.
- Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919--Drama.
- Zapata, Emiliano.
- Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915--Drama.
- Díaz, Porfirio.
- Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915.
- Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919.
- Pinchon, Edgcumb, 1883-.
- Revolutionaries.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920--Drama.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--Politics and government--1910-1946--Drama.
- Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.
- Revolutionaries--Mexico.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Livonia, MI : CBS/FOX Company : Key Video, [1987]
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Action drama about Mexico's famed rebel who rallied an army of peasants to overthrow a cruel dictator, Diaz. His revolt triumphs, but each successive leader is no better than Diaz. Even Zapata himself ultimately fails as he tragically experiences the corruption of power, the deceit of politicians, and the consuming greed that can bring down the best of men.
- Participant:
- Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman, Arnold Moss.
- Credits:
- Photography, Joe MacDonald ; editor, Barbara McLean ; music, Alex North ; music director, Alfred Newman.
- Notes:
- Originally issued as a motion picture in 1952.
- Based on Edgcumb Pinchon's "Zapata, the unconquerable", published in 1941.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 16932601
- Publisher Number:
- 1352 Key Video
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