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Cast a giant shadow / a Mirisch Corporation ; written for the screen and directed by Melville Shavelson ; produced by Mirisch Llenroc Batjac.
LIBRA DVD Judaica 371
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Berkman, Ted. Cast a giant shadow, author.
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Indonesian
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Thai
- Subjects (All):
- Berkman, Ted--Film adaptations.
- Berkman, Ted.
- Marcus, David, 1901-1948.
- Marcus, David.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]
- Language Note:
- Soundtrack in English, Spanish and Portuguese ; optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai and Bahasa.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Part fact, part fiction, Cast a Giant Shadow powerfully dramatizes Israel's heroic 1947-48 struggle for independence. Both realistic war story and passionate romance, the film centers on the legendary David "Mickey" Marcus, whose motto was 'life isn't a spectator sport, you've just got to get involved.' Kirk Douglas gives a strong, compassionate performance as Marcus, an American Jew and World War II hero who "got involve" by becoming a volunteer military advisor to the new state of Israel and the country's first general in 2,000 years.
- Participant:
- Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, James Donald ; with special appearances by Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner, John Wayne.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Aldo Tonti ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
- Notes:
- Based on the book by Ted Berkman.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.
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