| Description |
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, widescreen (1.75:1) presentation; PCM mono; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Review and commentary by David Sterrit in booklet. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. |
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Special features: New 4K digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; audio commentary featuring director John Frankenheimer; actor Alec Baldwin on Frankenheimer and Seconds; new program on the making of Seconds; Interview with Frankenheimer from 1971; new visual essay by film scholars R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerace; plus an essay by critic Davod Sterritt. |
| Cast |
Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Greer. |
| Audience |
Rating: R; for nudity. |
| Summary |
A sinister, science fiction dispatch from the fractured 1960s that concerns a middle-aged businessman dissatisfied with his suburban existence, who elects to undergo a strange and elaborate procedure that will grant him a new life. Starting over in America, however, is not as easy as it sounds. |
| Subject |
Businessmen -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Human experimentation in medicine -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Science fiction films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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| Added Author |
Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002.
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Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985.
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Jens, Salome.
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Randolph, John, 1915-2004.
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Greer, Will.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604657579 |
| Standard No. |
715515108614 |
| Music No. |
CC2294BD The Criterion Collection |
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