| Description |
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD 4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical mono Dolby Digital rda |
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widescreen |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video all regions rda |
| Series |
WB archive collection |
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Archive collection.
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| System Details |
Recorded DVD, widescreen version (16.9, 1.85:1); Dolby digital English only (mono.) |
| Language |
Filmed in English; optional French soundtrack; English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Dana Andrews, Milton Berle, James Coburn, John Gielgud, Tab Hunter, Margaret Leighton, Liberace, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Barbara Nichols, Lionel Stander, Rod Steiger. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; supervising editor, Antony Gibbs ; music, John Addison. |
| Note |
This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment. |
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Based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. |
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Special features: New featurette: "Trying to offend everyone"; Theatrical trailer. |
| Summary |
A bemused would-be poet gets entangled with an unctuous cemetery entrepreneur, a mom-obsessed mortician and other bizarre characters. |
| Audience |
MPAA: Not rated. |
| Subject |
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966 -- Film adaptations.
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Undertakers and undertaking -- California, Southern -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Poets, English -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Businesspeople -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mothers and sons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Pet cemeteries -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Comedy films.
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Dark comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Richardson, Tony, 1928-1991, film director.
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Calley, John, film producer.
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Wexler, Haskell, film producer, director of photography.
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Southern, Terry, screenwriter.
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, screenwriter.
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Morse, Robert, 1931- actor.
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Winters, Jonathan, actor.
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Comer, Anjanette, 1939- actor.
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Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992, actor.
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Berle, Milton, actor.
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Coburn, James, actor.
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Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor.
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Hunter, Tab, 1931-2018, actor.
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Leighton, Margaret, 1922-1976, actor.
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Liberace, 1919-1987, actor.
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McDowall, Roddy, actor.
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Morley, Robert, actor.
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Nichols, Barbara, 1929-1976, actor.
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Stander, Lionel, actor.
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Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.
Loved one.
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Gibbs, Antony, 1925-2016, editor of moving image work.
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Addison, John, 1920-1998, composer (expression)
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Ransohoff, Martin, film producer.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
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Filmways Pictures, production company.
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Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Trying to offend everyone.
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| Standard No. |
883316860113 |
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