| Description |
2 videodiscs (183,196 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Cinema classics collection.
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| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby 4.0 or 5.1 surround or stereo. ; disc 1: dual layer, widescreen, 2.35:1 ; disc 2: double sided, widescreen 2.20:1. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned (both discs). |
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Disc 1 : English, French, or Spanish soundtracks; English or Spanish subtitles. Disc 2 : English soundtrack; English, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
| Cast |
Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Marayat Andriane, Mako, Larry Gates. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Joseph MacDonald ; film editor, William Reynolds ; music, Jerry Goldsmith. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966. |
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Based on the novel by Richard McKenna. |
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Special features: Disc 1: commentary with director Robert Wise and actors Candice Bergen, Mako, and Richard Crenna; isolated soundtrack with commentary by music producer Nick Redman, film music historian Jon Burlingame, and Lem Dobbs, film historian and screenwriter of The limey and Dark city. Disc 2: Introductions by Robert Wise and Richard Zanuck; the Making of The Sand Pebbles featurettes: Weighing anchor; cast & characters; Rough seas; McQueen on deck; sound & image; A worthy vessel ; side bars: Steve McQueen remembered, Robert Wise in command, China 1926; from the Fox vault: A ship called San Pablo, narrated by Richard Attenborough; The secret of the San Pablo, narrated by Richard Crenna; radio documentaries narrated by Richard Attenborough: Changsha Bund and the Streets of Taipei; A ship called San Pablo; radio spots; original theatrical trailer; still galleries; MAD Magazine's The Sand Pebbles. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Theatrical version. Disc 2: Roadshow version. |
| Summary |
A U.S. gunboat cruises China's Yangtze River in 1926, witnessing the awakening of a bloody revolution. |
| Subject |
United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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China -- History -- 1912-1937 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Yangtze River (China) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Americans -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Historical drama.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
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Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009.
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McQueen, Steve, 1930-1980.
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Attenborough, Richard.
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Crenna, Richard, 1927-2003.
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Bergen, Candice, 1946-
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Arsan, Emmanuelle.
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Mako, 1933-2006.
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Gates, Larry, 1915-1996.
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MacDonald, Joe, 1906-1968.
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Reynolds, William, 1910-1997.
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Goldsmith, Jerry.
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McKenna, Richard.
Sand Pebbles.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
024543440581 |
| Music No. |
2244058 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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