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The magnificent Ambersons / an RKO Radio Picture ; a Mercury production by Orson Welles ; written & directed by Orson Welles.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
- Families--Middle West--Drama.
- Families.
- Inheritance and succession--Drama.
- Inheritance and succession.
- Social change.
- Loss (Psychology).
- Middle West.
- Loss (Psychology)--Drama.
- Mothers and sons--Drama.
- Mothers and sons.
- Social change--Drama.
- Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946--Film adaptations.
- Tarkington, Booth.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Orson Welles' The magnificent Ambersons
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Warner Home Video, [2011]
- Language Note:
- In English and Spanish, with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles.
- SDH captions for the deaf and hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC region 1; Dolby Digital mono.
- digital optical mono Dolby digital
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
- Participant:
- Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Richard Bennett.
- Credits:
- Photography, Stanley Cortez ; set designer, Mark-Lee Kirk, Al Fields ; film editor, Robert Wise ; costumes, Edward Stevenson.
- Notes:
- Credits spoken by narrator (Orson Welles).
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
- From the novel by Booth Tarkington.
- Named to the National Film Registry in 1991 by the Library of Congress.
- Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Agnes Moorhead), Best Cinematography, Black-and-white (Stanley Cortez), Best Picture (Mercury), Best Art Direction - Interior Decoration, Black-and-white (Albert S. D'Agostino, A. Roland Fields, Darrell Silvera), 1943 Academy Awards (U.S.).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0780676483
- 9780780676480
- OCLC:
- 776238840
- Publisher Number:
- 883929189106
- 1000202178 Warner Home Video
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