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Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
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013300 |
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wide screen (1.66:1) rda |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 541 |
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Criterion collection ; 541.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castilo. |
| Credits |
Music by Walter Schumann ; photography by Stanley Cortez ; art direction by Hilyard Brown ; film editor, Robert Golden ; set decoration, Al Spencer ; wardrobe, Jerry Bos ; sound, Stanford Naughton ; special photographic effects, Jack Rabin, Louis DeWitt. |
| Note |
From the novel by Davis Grubb. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955. |
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Digital restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
"The Night of the Hunter -- incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed -- is truly a stand-alone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic -- also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee -- is cinema's most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil."--Publisher. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Feature -- Special features: Commentary with second-unit director Terry Sanders, film archivist Robert Gitt, film critic F.X. Feeney and author Preston Neal Jones. 'The making of The night of the hunter' documentary; 'Moving pictures' documentary; 'Stanley Cortez' interview; 'Simon Callow on Charles Laughton' interview; 'The Ed Sullivan Show' excerpt from the September 25, 1955 episode; Davis Grubb sketches ; Disc 2. Charles Laughton directs 'The night of the hunter, ' a two and a half hour compilation of outtakes and behind the scenes footage -- Introduction by Robert Gitt and Leonard Maltin ; Booklet: 'Holy terror, ' essay by Terrence Rafferty -- 'Downriver and heavenward with James Agee, ' essay by Michael Sragow. |
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Stalkers -- Drama.
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Brothers and sisters -- Drama.
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Ex-convicts -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Impostors and imposture -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Film noir.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962. Director.
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Agee, James, 1909-1955. Screenwriter.
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Gregory, Paul, 1920-2015. Producer.
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Mitchum, Robert. Actor.
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Winters, Shelley. Actor.
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Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993. Actor.
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Gleason, James, 1886-1959. Actor.
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Varden, Evelyn, 1893-1958. Actor.
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Graves, Peter, 1926-2010. Actor.
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Beddoe, Don. Actor.
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Chapin, Billy. Actor.
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Bruce, Sally Jane. Actor.
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Castillo, Gloria, 1933-1978. Actor.
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Schumann, Walter, 1913-1958. Composer.
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Cortez, Stanley. Cinematographer.
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Brown, Hilyard. Artistic director.
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Golden, Robert S. Film editor.
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Spencer, Alfred E. Set designer.
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Bos, Jerry. Costume designer.
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Naughton, Stanford. Sound designer.
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Rabin, Jack. Photographer.
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DeWitt, Louis. Photographer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980.
Night of the hunter.
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UCLA Film and Television Archive.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Production company.
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Paul Gregory Productions. Production company.
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United Artists Corporation. Production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm) Film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Night of the hunter (Motion picture)
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Making of The night of the hunter.
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Moving pictures.
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Charles Laughton directs The night of the hunter.
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| ISBN |
9781604653502 |
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1604653507 |
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9786313849307 |
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6313849302 |
| Standard No. |
715515064613 |
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B003ZYU3U0 Amazon |
| Music No. |
CC1956D The Criterion Collection |
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