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Sunrise : a song of two humans / William Fox presents ; scenario by Carl Mayer from an original theme by Hermann Sudermann ; directed by F.W. Murnau ; Fox Film Corporation.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD/PAL 036 198 disc 1-2 + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Masters of cinema series ; no. 1.
- Masters of cinema series ; #1
- Language:
- Czech
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Married people--Drama.
- Married people.
- City and town life--Drama.
- City and town life.
- Women--Sexual behavior--Drama.
- Women.
- Men--Sexual behavior--Drama.
- Men.
- Attempted murder--Drama.
- Attempted murder.
- Men--Sexual behavior.
- Women--Sexual behavior.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Silent films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (93 & 79 min.) : sound (some music), black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm).
- 4 3/4 in. black and white
- Edition:
- Special dual format edition.
- Distribution:
- [United Kingdom] : Eureka Video, [2011]
- Other Title:
- Song of two humans
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with original English titles (Movietone version) and Czech titles with optional English subtitles on Czech version; added musical scores.
- System Details:
- DVD, PAL, Region 2; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Blu-ray Dolby True HD 2.0
- laser optical
- DVD video NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- DVD video region 2
- Summary:
- In this tale of temptation and redemption, the pleasant and peaceful life of a naive country man is turned upside down when he falls for a cold-blooded yet seductive woman from the city. She tries to persuade him to drown his virtuous wife and come back to the city with her.
- Contents:
- Disc 1. DVD. MovieTone version (1.20:1 presentation) with original MovieTone score, John Bailey Commentary, Original Sunrise trailer, Sunrise outtakes, Murnau's 4 Devils
- Disc 2. DVD. Czech version (1.37:1 presentation) plus trailer on DVD
- Disc 1. DVD version of feature film in original Movietone version (94 min.)
- disc 2. DVD version of feature film in European (Czech) silent version (Východ slunce ; 79 min.)
- Special features.
- Participant:
- George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell McDonald, Ralph Sipperly, Jane Winton, Arthur Housman, Eddie Boland.
- Credits:
- Photography, Charles Rosher, Karl Struss ; titles by Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell ; production design, Rochus Gliese ; film editor, Harold D. Schuster.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1927.
- "93 & 79 minutes ; 1.20:1 & 1.37:1 original aspect ratios"--Container.
- From an original theme by Hermann Sudermann, "The journey to Tilsit."
- Czech silent version of Sunrise on Disc 2.
- Special features: HD transfers of Movietone and Czech versions. Disc 1: Movietone version with original Movietone score; Play with alternate Timothy Brock score performed by the Olympic Chamber Orchestra; Full-length audio commentary by cinematographer John Bailey; Original Sunrise trailer; Sunrise outtakes; Murnau's 4 Devils: Traces of a lost film, Janet Bergstrom's 40 minute documentary about the lost film Murnau made for Fox after Sunrise. Disc 2: Czech silent version with added Movietone score; Original Sunrise trailer.
- Academy Awards: Best actress (Janet Gaynor), Best cinematography, and a special award for "Unique and Artistic Picture".
- Academy Awards, 1929: Oscars for Best Actress (Janet Gaynor), Best Cinematography (Charles Rosher, Karl Struss), Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production. National Film Preservation Board, USA 1989: National Film Registry.
- Local Notes:
- Issued by the publisher as part of a 3-disc DVD/Blu-ray combo pack. University of Pennsylvania Libraries have catalogued these two formats separately.
- Contains:
- Murnau's 4 devils.
- Východ slunce.
- OCLC:
- 780317862
- Publisher Number:
- 5060000700503
- EKA70050 Eureka Video (set)
- VFC52393 EKA40307 Eureka Video (disc 1)
- VFC52393 EKA40307 Eureka Video (disc 2)
- VFC52393 EKA70007 Eureka Video (disc 3)
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