Sullivan's travels [videorecording] / a Paramount Picture ; associate producer, Paul Jones ; written and directed by Preston Sturges.
Sturges, Preston.; Jones, Paul, 1901-1968.; McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990.; Lake, Veronica.; Warwick, Robert, 1878-1964.; Hayes, Margaret, 1916-1977.; Hall, Porter, 1888-1953.; Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958.; Blore, Eric, 1887-1959.; Greig, Robert, 1879-1958.; Shuken, Leo, 1906-1976.; Paramount Pictures, inc.; Janus Films.; Criterion Collection (Firm)
2001
PN1997 .S85 2001
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Title
Sullivan's travels [videorecording] / a Paramount Picture ; associate producer, Paul Jones ; written and directed by Preston Sturges.
Variant Title
Container title: Preston Sturges' Sullivan's travels
ISBN
1559409193
Publication Details
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2001.
Language
English
Language Note
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
715515012126
Call Number
PN1997 .S85 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
CC1572D Criterion Collection
Summary
A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.
Note
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
"Janus Films."
Special features: audio commentary by Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean ; Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer, a 76-minute documentary made by Kenneth Bowser for PBS's American masters series ; interview with Preston Sturges' widow Sandy Sturges ; Hedda Hopper interview with Preston Sturges ; archival audio recordings of Sturges singing his original composition My love and reciting the poem If I were king ; storyboards and blueprints ; production stills archive ; scrapbook of original publicity materials ; original theatrical trailer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
"Janus Films."
Special features: audio commentary by Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean ; Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer, a 76-minute documentary made by Kenneth Bowser for PBS's American masters series ; interview with Preston Sturges' widow Sandy Sturges ; Hedda Hopper interview with Preston Sturges ; archival audio recordings of Sturges singing his original composition My love and reciting the poem If I were king ; storyboards and blueprints ; production stills archive ; scrapbook of original publicity materials ; original theatrical trailer.
Credits
Director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music, Leo Shuken and Charles Bradshaw.
Performer
Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, Robert Greig, Georges Renavent, Harry Rosenthal.
Cast
Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, Robert Greig, Georges Renavent, Harry Rosenthal.
Audience
Not rated by MPAA.
System Details Note
DVD.
Added Author
Sturges, Preston.
Jones, Paul, 1901-1968.
McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990.
Lake, Veronica.
Warwick, Robert, 1878-1964.
Hayes, Margaret, 1916-1977.
Hall, Porter, 1888-1953.
Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958.
Blore, Eric, 1887-1959.
Greig, Robert, 1879-1958.
Shuken, Leo, 1906-1976.
Jones, Paul, 1901-1968.
McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990.
Lake, Veronica.
Warwick, Robert, 1878-1964.
Hayes, Margaret, 1916-1977.
Hall, Porter, 1888-1953.
Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958.
Blore, Eric, 1887-1959.
Greig, Robert, 1879-1958.
Shuken, Leo, 1906-1976.
Added Corporate Author
Paramount Pictures, inc.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 118.
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