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The onion field / screenplay by Joseph Wambaugh ; produced by Walter Coblenz ; directed by Harold Becker ; an Avco Embassy Pictures release ; [a Black Marble Production ; an Embassy Pictures release].
LIBRA DVD 023 961
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- MGM DVD
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Wambaugh, Joseph--Film adaptations.
- Wambaugh, Joseph.
- Murder--California--Los Angeles--Drama.
- Murder.
- California--Los Angeles.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Police films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen presentation.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, [2004]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- A true story about a case that changed LAPD policies forever. Two plainclothes LAPD officers were abducted and one was brutally executed, the other escaped. The criminals managed to drag the justice process on for years.
- Participant:
- John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ronny Cox, Ted Danson.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Charles Rosher ; music, Emuir Deodato.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
- Adapted from the book by Joseph Wambaugh.
- Special features: audio commentary with director Harold Becker; "Ring of Truth" documentary (29 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.).
- 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
- ISBN:
- 0792853369
- 9780792853367
- OCLC:
- 56043839
- Publisher Number:
- 027616879035
- 1003778 Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
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