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The leopard = Il gattopardo
Title:
The leopard = Il gattopardo
Author:
Lombardo, Goffredo.
Publication Information:
[United States] : Criterion Collection : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004]
Physical Description:
3 videodiscs (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Recounting the years of Italy's Risorgimento-when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a democratic Italy. Contains the original Italian version with optional subtitles, the English-language version and special features.
General Note:
Special ed.

Publisher's no.: Criterion Collection CC1602D (on disc 3: 1602D).

Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.

Special features: (Disc one) new high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, with restored image and sound and presented in the original Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.21:1; audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; new and improved English subtitle translation; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition; (Disc two) A Dying Breed: The Making of The Leopard, a new hour-long documentary featuring interviews with actress Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, director of photography Giuseppe Totunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others; Interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo; an exclusive video interview with professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania on the history behind The Leopard; original theatrical trailers and newsreels; stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos; (Disc three) new transfer of the 161-minute American release, with English-language dialogue (including Burt Lancaster's actual voice); plus: a new essay by author and film historian Michael Wood.
Language:
Italian
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:
9781559409506
UPC:
715515015226 (set)
Format :
DVD