| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; widescreen, Dolby digital 4.0 and surround. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in Spanish; closed-captioned in English. |
| Cast |
Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; music, Georges Bizet ; lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II ; musical direction, Herschel Burke Gilbert. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954. |
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Aspect ratio 2.35:1. |
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Based on Billy Rose's Broadway production of the musical play Carmen Jones, which is based on the opera Carmen Jones by Georges Bizet. |
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Special feature: theatrical trailer. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Joe, a military policeman about to make officer, is infatuated with the flirtatious and sexy Carmen Jones. Their ill-fated romance comes to a grisly end by the conclusion of the drama but not before their liaison has wreaked havoc with their lives and all who cross their paths. |
| Subject |
Military police -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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African Americans -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Musicals -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Musical films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Preminger, Otto.
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Kleiner, Harry.
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Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
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Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965.
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Bailey, Pearl.
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James, Olga.
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Adams, Joe, 1922-
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Carroll, Diahann.
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Peters, Brock.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones |
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Carmen Jones (Motion picture)
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| Standard No. |
024543018827 |
| Music No. |
2001882 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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