Williamsburg Regional Library

Richard III [1955], Janus Films ; a London film ; Laurence Olivier presents ; by William Shakespeare ; with some interpolations by David Garrick, Colley Cibber, etc. ; produced and directed by Laurence Olivier ; produced at Shepperton Studios England

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Media category
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Label
Richard III [1955], Janus Films ; a London film ; Laurence Olivier presents ; by William Shakespeare ; with some interpolations by David Garrick, Colley Cibber, etc. ; produced and directed by Laurence Olivier ; produced at Shepperton Studios England
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (featuring playwright and stage director Russell Lees and John Wilders, former governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company). Disc 2: Great acting : Laurence Olivier (interview with actor Laurence Olivier from a 1966 episode of Great acting, by theater critic Kenneth Tynan); Restoration demonstration (hosted by Martin Scorsese); Production gallery (behind-the-scenes and production stills and posters); TV trailer (twelve-minute television trailer featuring footage of Olivier and other cast); Theatrical trailer. Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin
Acquisition source address
Midwest Tape
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
resource.creditsNote
Production designer, Roger Furse ; art director, Carmen Dillon ; director of photography, Otto Heller ; editor, Helga Cranston ; costumiers, L&H Nathan Ltd. ; music by Sir William Walton ; conducted by Muir Mathieson
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781604657135
Medium for sound
videodisc
Participant note
Cedric Hardwicke, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Paul Huson, Andy Shine, Helen Haye, Pamela Brown, Ralph Richardson, Alec Clunes, Laurence Naismith, Mary Kerridge, Clive Morton, Dan Cunningham, Douglas Wilmer, Claire Bloom, Stanley Baker
Physical description
2 videodiscs (158 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet ([18] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
830472787(OCoLC)830472787
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio, PCM mono
Upc
715515104715
Video recording publisher number
CC2250D -- The Criterion Collection
Videorecording format
DVD
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