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The story of an interracial romance and the obstacles it puts on family relationships. When appearing on Jean Shepherd's radio program Night People, Cassevetes mentioned the improvisation work he had done with his acting class, and asked for funding to film it. When listeners actually sent in m...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection ; Chicago, IL : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, [2004], ©1959. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
251. John Cassavetes: five films. |
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| Summary: | The story of an interracial romance and the obstacles it puts on family relationships. When appearing on Jean Shepherd's radio program Night People, Cassevetes mentioned the improvisation work he had done with his acting class, and asked for funding to film it. When listeners actually sent in money, he worked up a script based on the classwork, and with additional funding filmed his story of three siblings, two of whom can pass as white. |
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| Item Description: | Title from credits. 1.33:1 aspect ratio. "Presented by Jean Shepherd's Night People"--Credits. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959 ; film restored by UCLA in 2000-2002. Running time does not include special features. Special features: New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; video interviews with actress Lelia Goldoni and associate producer Seymour Cassel; rare silent 16mm footage of John Cassavetes and Burt Lane's acting workshop; restoration demonstration; stills gallery featuring rare behind the scenes production phots; trailer; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Erich Kollmar ; editor, Maurice McEndree ; music, Shifi Hadi, [Charles Mingus] |
| ISBN: | 0780029232 (set) 9780780029231 (set) 0780028031 9780780028036 |
| FOLIO Link: | View instance in FOLIO |