| Description |
1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual-layer format. |
| Language |
English language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Rosco Ates. |
| Credits |
Produced by Tod Browning, Irving Thalberg ; directed by Tod Browning ; screenplay by Willis Goldbeck and Leon Gordon ; additional writing by Al Boasberg, Edgar Allan Woolf ; cinematography, Merritt B. Gerstad ; editing, Basil Wrangell. |
| Summary |
A group of freaks take revenge on a trapeze artist and her boyfriend after years of abuse. Filmed using real circus performers. |
| Audience |
Not rated by MPAA. |
| Note |
Special features: commentary by David J. Skal, author of Dark carnival: the secret world of Tod Browning, Hollywood's master of the macabre; all-new documentary, Freaks: Sideshow Cinema; special message prologue added for theatrical reissue; 3 alternate endings. |
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Circus performers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Freak shows -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Sideshows -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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People with disabilities -- Abuse of -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Revenge -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Browning, Tod, 1880-1962.
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Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936.
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Goldbeck, Willis.
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Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960.
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Boasberg, Al, 1892-1937.
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Woolf, Edgar Allan.
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Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966.
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Hyams, Leila, 1905-1977.
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Baclanova, Olga, 1899-1974.
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Ates, Roscoe, 1895-1962.
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Robbins, Tod, 1888-1949.
Spurs.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Turner Entertainment Co.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Cover Title |
Tod Browning's amazing production of Freaks |
| Added Title |
Freaks (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
0790746549 |
| Standard No. |
012569519121 |
| Music No. |
65191 Warner Home Video |
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