The leopard
(DVD Set)

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Published
[Irvington, NY] : Beverly Hills, CA : Criterion Collection ; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2004.
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen presentation.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (185 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([10] pages ; 19 cm.)
Status
Morro Bay Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
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Published
[Irvington, NY] : Beverly Hills, CA : Criterion Collection ; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2004.
Format
DVD Set
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen presentation.
Language
ita
UPC
715515015226 (set), 715515081214

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Contains both the original Italian version and the shortened English-language version that was theatrically released in the United States.
General Note
Special features: (Disc 1) new high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound and presented in the original Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.21:1; optional audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; new English subtitles; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer -- (Disc 2) A dying breed: the making of The Leopard, a new hour-long documentary featuring interviews with actress Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, director of photography Giuseppe Totunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others. Interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo, an exclusive video interview with professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania on the history behind The leopard, original theatrical trailers and newsreels, stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos. (Disc 3.) New transfer of the 161-minute American release, with English-language dialogue (including Burt Lancaster's actual voice), a new essay by author and film historian Michael Wood.
General Note
From the novel Il gattopardo by Giuseppe di Lampedusa.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; editor, Mario Sarandrei ; music, Nino Rota.
Participants/Performers
Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paola Stoppa, Rina Morelli.
Description
Set in Sicily in the 1800s, this film depicts Prince Salina, a great landowner, who watches the decrease of the aristocracy's power and influence during the 'Il Risorgimento', the unification of Italy under the royal House of Savoy. The upper class tries to ignore the nationalist movements, while the prince's rebellious nephew joins Giuseppe Garibaldi's revolutionaries.
System Details
DVD format; NTSC; Dolby Digital; Region 1; aspect ratio 2.21:1.
Language
In Italian with English subtitles.

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