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Crossing the line / British Broadcasting Corporation ; Dongoong Arts Center ; VeryMuchSo Productions ; produced by Daniel Gordon and Nicholas Bonner ; directed by Daniel Gordon.
LIBRA DVD 001 797
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Korean
- Subjects (All):
- Dresnok, James (James Joseph).
- Dresnok, James.
- Defectors--United States--Biography.
- Defectors.
- Defectors--Korea (North)--Biography.
- Korea (North)--History.
- Korea (North).
- History.
- Korea (North)--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Communism--Korea (North)--History.
- Communism.
- Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korea).
- Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994.
- Kim, Il-sŏng.
- Cold War.
- Documentary films.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Historical films.
- Documentary films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kino International, [2007]
- Language Note:
- In English and Korean with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- James Joseph Dresnok, a US Army private, stunned the world in 1962 but walking across the violently contested DMZ that cuts Korea in two and defected to the communist North. Combines historical footage with contemporary interviews to both uncover the Kim-Jong II regime and end 44 years of secrecy and rumor by allowing Dresnok to tell his own story.
- Participant:
- Featuring: James Dresnok, Charles Robert Jenkins ; narrated by Christian Slater.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Nick Bennett ; editing, Peter Haddon ; original music, Heather Fenoughty.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a documentary in 2006.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Special features: An interview with director Daniel Gordon; stills gallery.
- OCLC:
- 182561730
- Publisher Number:
- 738329054120
- K541 Kino International
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