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True stories / Warner Bros presents ; produced by Gary Kurfirst ; co-producer, Karen Murphy, executive producer, Edward R. Pressman ; written by Stephen Tobolowsky, Beth Henley and David Byrne ; directed by David Byrne.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 031 587 disc 1-2 + insert
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 951.
- Criterion collection ; 951
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mate selection.
- Bachelors.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities.
- Talent shows.
- Texas--Drama.
- Texas.
- Talent shows--Texas--Drama.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities--Drama.
- Bachelors--Drama.
- Mate selection--Drama.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Musical films.
- Comedy films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (unpaged : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
- 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Director-approved special edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- widescreen (1.85:1)
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show
- Participant:
- David Byrne, John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Jo Harvey Allen, Spalding Gray.
- Credits:
- Original music by Talking Heads; director of photography, Ed Lachman; editor, Caroline Biggerstaff.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Restored 4K digital transfer.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1986.
- Special features: new documentary about the film's production; "Real life" (a short documentary); "No time to look back" (a new homage to Virgil, Texas); new program about designer Tibor Kalman and his influence on Byrne and role in the film; deleted scenes; original theatrical trailer; essay by critic Rebecca Bengal (on insert).
- ISBN:
- 9781681435275
- 1681435276
- OCLC:
- 1056157945
- Publisher Number:
- 715515223812
- CC2970D The Criterion Collection
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