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The red shoes / a Janus Films release ; J. Arthur Rank presents a production of the Archers ; from an original screenplay by Emeric Pressburger with additional dialogue by Keith Winter ; written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
LIBRA DVD 015 100 discs 1-2 + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875. Røde sko, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 44.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875--Film adaptations.
- Andersen, H. C.
- Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.
- Ballet companies--Drama.
- Ballet companies.
- Ballerinas--Drama.
- Ballerinas.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Special edition ; ful screen.
- Other Title:
- Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The red shoes
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : The Criterion Collection : ITV Global Entertainment, [2010]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Centers on the dilemma of a young ballerina torn between the composer who loves her and the impresario determined to fashion her into a great dancer.
- Participant:
- Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Jack Cardiff; choreography, Robert Helpmann; editor, Reginald Mills; music composed, conducted and arranged by Brian Easdale.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- DVD release of the 1948 motion picture.
- Based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
- Special features: audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie, including interviews with Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Jack Cardiff, Brian Easdale and Martin Scorsese; excerpts from Powell and Pressburger's novelization of The Red shoes and from Hans Christian Anderson's original fairy tale (in English); Martin Scorsese's collection of Red shoes memorabilia; publicity and production stills; "The Red shoes sketches" (an animated film of Hein Heckroth's painted storyboards) with a comparison to The Red shoes ballet; original theatrical trailer; Powell and Pressburger filmography, with film clips and stills.
- Booklet features an essay by critic David Ehrenstein and a description of the restoration by UCLA film archivist Robert Gitt.
- ISBN:
- 9781604652895
- 1604652896
- OCLC:
- 641307838
- Publisher Number:
- 715515059411
- CC1907 The Criterion Collection
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