| Description |
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([36] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 320.
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital mono, original presentation aspect ratio, 1.33:1, high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore, Richard Cromwell, Donald Meek, Judith Dickens, Eddie Quillan, Spencer Charters, Ward Bond. |
| Credits |
Photography, Bert Glennon ; film editor, Walter Thompson ; music, Alfred Newman. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1939. |
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Special features: Omnibus: John Ford, Part One [1992 BBC television profile of John Ford] (43 min.); Parkinson: "Meets Henry Fonda" [1975 BBC television interview] (49 min.); Dan Ford interviews [Audio only 1973-John Ford, 1978-Henry Fonda] (13 min.); Academy Award Theater [Radio adaptation, audio only, MP3 version available] (30 min.); Gallery [text feature]; booklet includes the essays "Hero In Waiting" by Geoffrey O'Brien and "Mr. Lincoln by Mr. Ford" by Sergei Eisenstein. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
In this unforgettable portrait of the early life of the Great Emancipator, young Mr. Lincoln, after teaching himself law, has barely started practicing when an Independence Day celebration ends with a stabbing. Abe first stops a lynch mob from killing brothers Matt and Adam Clay, and then defends them against a seasoned prosecutor and his crafty adviser. As presented here, Lincoln is a strong but peaceful frontier democrat, his quiet, awkward, folksy demeanor the outward manifestation of a deep humility, and a wise sadness at human folly. His awareness that his attempts to reconcile opposing forces--despite the occasional temporary victory--are doomed but necessary, hint at the character that will respond to the destiny that awaits him. |
| Contents |
Candidate -- Education -- Stick -- Damages -- Parade -- Contests -- "Right in the heart" -- Uprising -- Comfort -- Supper -- River -- "Like my folks" -- Selection -- Sixth commandment -- Self-defense -- Jack Cass -- Witness -- Bigger -- Offer -- "Moon bright" -- Page 12 -- "The crowd's waiting" -- Top of the hill. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Drama.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Psychology.
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Politicians -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Trials in motion pictures -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.
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Ford, John, 1894-1973.
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Trotti, Lamar, 1900-1952.
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Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982.
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Brady, Alice, 1892-1939.
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Weaver, Marjorie, 1913-1994.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Cosmopolitan Productions.
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| ISBN |
1559409657 |
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9781559409650 |
| Standard No. |
715515016728 |
| Music No. |
CC1617D Criterion Collection |
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