| Title |
Chimes at midnight / producers, Ángel Escolano, Emiliano Piedra, Harry Saltzman ; written and directed by Orson Welles. |
| OCLC |
ocn953699816 |
| ISBN |
9781681431918 |
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1681431912 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515184410 |
| Music number |
CC2664D Criterion Collection |
| Publisher |
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016] |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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4 3/4 in. stamping rda. |
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digital optical monaural rda. |
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NTSC rda. |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda. |
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Motion pictures lcgft. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.
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Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry IV, 1399-1413 -- Drama.
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry V, 1413-1422 -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- Spain.
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Feature films -- Switzerland.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| System details note |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen. |
| Cast |
Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Sir John Gielgud, Marina Vlady, Walter Chiari, Fernando Rey. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Narration based on Holinshed's Chronicles spoken by Ralph Richardson. |
| Summary |
The crowning achievement of Orson Welles's extraordinary film career that was the culmination of the filmmaker's lifelong obsession with Shakespeare's ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff; the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV's wayward son Prince Hal, here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Supplements. |
| Language note |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
| General note |
Photography, Edmund Richard ; music, Alberto Lavagnino. |
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Adapted from four plays by William Shakespeare: Henry IV, Henry V, Richard II, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. |
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Originally released as a motion picture under title: Campanadas a medianoche = Chimes at midnight = Falstaff in 1965. English language version released by Peppercorn Wormser, Inc. in 1967. |
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Widescreen (1.66:1). |
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Special features: Audio commentary featuring film scholar James Naremore, author of "The magic world of Orson Wells"; New interview with actor Keith Baxter; New interview with director Orson Welle's daughter Beatrice Welles, who appeared in the film at age seven; New interview with film historian Joseph McBride, author of "What ever happended to Orson Welles?"; Interview with Welles while at work editing the film, from a 1965 episode of "The Merv Griffin Show"; Trailer. |
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