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Galileo / American Film Theatre ; producer, Ely Landau ; director, Joseph Losey.
LIBRA DVD 012 777 disc + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- American Film Theatre. Collection 3.
- American Film Theatre. Collection 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956--Film adaptations.
- Brecht, Bertolt.
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642--Drama.
- Galilei, Galileo.
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
- Astronomy--History--Drama.
- Astronomy.
- Astronomers--Italy--Drama.
- Astronomers.
- Mathematicians--Italy--Drama.
- Mathematicians.
- History.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- Historical films.
- Biographical films.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet ([4] pages ; 19 cm).
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Letterboxed.
- Other Title:
- Title on disc surface and on container: Bertolt Brecht's Galileo
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Kino International Corp., [2003]
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest. However, Galileo's trials and theories inspired others like Newton and Kepler to prove that the Earth was not the center of the Universe.
- Participant:
- Topol, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Clive Revill, Tom Conti.
- Credits:
- Executive producer, Otto Plaschke ; ; editor, Reginald Beck. "Adapted for the screen by Barbara Bray and Joseph Losey, from the English version by Charles Laughton."
- Notes:
- Based on the book "Leben des Galilei" by Bertolt Brecht.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Video disc release of the motion picture originally produced in 1974.
- Special features include an interview with Topol and "Bertolt Brecht and GALILEO" an essay by Michael Feingold; The AFT cinebill for Galileo ; Ely Landau: In front of the camera; The American film theatre trailer gallery; The American film theatre scrapbook.
- Issued in a slipcase with title : The American film theatre, collection three.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- OCLC:
- 53621376
- Publisher Number:
- 738329029623 (set)
- 738329029227
- K292 DVD Kino on Video
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