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A happy mother's day / produced for the Curtis Publishing Co. by filmakers Leacock & Pennebaker, Inc. ; made by Richard Leacock and Joyce Chopra with Nancy Sen. The Fischer quintuplets : ABC News Reports / an ABC News Department presentation produced in association with the Curtis Publishing Co. ; produced by Sid Darion ; directed by Marvin Schlenker.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fisher family.
- Quintuplets--South Dakota.
- Quintuplets.
- Aberdeen (S.D.)--Social life and customs.
- Aberdeen (S.D.).
- South Dakota.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (26, 29 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Pennebaker Hegedus Films, [2005?]
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital optical
- full screen (1.33:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- The filmmakers follow the Fischer family during the days just after the birth of the quintuplets to the parade celebrating their one month birthday. Leacock was hired by the Saturday Evening Post to make a film about the Fischer quintuplets. When he showed the completed film to his sponsors, they did not approve of it. ABC acquired rights to all the footage he shot and made their own film entitled "The Fischer quintuplets". These unfortunate difficulties do allow a unique opportunity to contrast Leacock's approach with a network documentary.
- Contents:
- A happy mother's day (26 min.)
- The Fischer quintuplets (29 min.).
- Participant:
- A happy mother's day (Leacock version), comments by Ed McCurdy; The Fischer quintuplets (ABC version) presented by Bob Young.
- Notes:
- "Pennebaker Hegedus Films presents a film by Richard Leacock and Joyce Chopra."--Container.
- "C1963 Leacock-Pennebaker, Inc."--Container.
- "C1965 Leacock Pennebaker."--Ending credits for A happy mother's day.
- Videodisc release of a documentary motion picture produced in 1963, and a re-edited version produced in 1965.
- Contains:
- Fischer quintuplets.
- OCLC:
- 61439078
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