| Description |
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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fullscreen |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 952.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; region A; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; monaural. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Orson Welles ; cast, Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter, Agnes Moorehead, Dolores Costello, Tim Holt, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Richard Bennett. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Stanley Cortez ; editor, Robert Wise ; original score, Bernard Herrmann. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
"Orson Welles's beautiful, nostalgia-suffused second feature--the subject of one of cinema's greatest missing-footage tragedies--harks back to turn-of-the-twentieth-century Indianapolis, chronicling the inexorable decline in the fortunes of an affluent family. Adapted from an acclaimed Booth Tarkington novel and featuring restlessly inventive camera work and powerful performances from a cast including Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, and Agnes Moorehead, the film traces the rifts deepening within the Amberson clan--at the same time as the forces of progress begin to transform the city they once ruled. Though RKO excised over forty minutes of footage, now lost to history, and added an incongruously upbeat ending, The Magnificent Ambersons is an emotionally rich family saga and a masterful elegy for a bygone chapter of American life"--Container. |
| Awards |
National Board of Review, USA, 1942: NBR Award in Best Acting (Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead). |
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New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1942: NYFCC Award in Best Actress (Agnes Moorehead). |
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National Film Preservation Board, USA 1991: National Film Registry. |
| Subject |
Families -- Indiana -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Children of the rich -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Inheritance and succession -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mothers and sons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Social change -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Loss (Psychology) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Indiana -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
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Film adaptations.
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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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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, film producer, film director, screenwriter, narrator.
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Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994, actor.
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Baxter, Anne, actor.
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Moorehead, Agnes, 1906-1974, actor.
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Costello, Dolores, 1905-1979, actor.
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Holt, Tim, 1918-1973, actor.
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Collins, Ray, 1889-1965, actor.
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Sanford, Erskine, 1885-1969, actor.
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Bennett, Richard, 1873-1944, actor.
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Cortez, Stanley, director of photography.
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Wise, Robert, 1914-2005, editor of moving image work.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975, composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
Magnificent Ambersons.
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Mercury Productions, Inc., production company.
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RKO Radio Pictures, film distributor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681435244 |
| Standard No. |
715515223515 |
| Music No. |
CC2967BD The Criterion Collection |
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