Ladri di biciclette [videorecording] = Bicycle thieves / un film P.D.S. - Produzioni De Sica, S.A. ; Soggetto di Cesare Zavattini, tratto dall' omonimo romanzo di Luigi Bartolini ; scenaggiato da Oreste Biancoli ... [et al.] ; fotografia, Carlo Montuori ; regia, Vittorio De Sica.

Ladri di biciclette (Motion picture)

Special ed.

193412124X
9781934121245

[Irvington, N.Y]. : Criterion Collection : Image Entertainment, c2007.

Italian

In Italian or dubbed English with optional English subtitles.

2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (75 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

715515022224

PN1997 .L337 2007

791.4372

CC1681D Criterion Collection

In post-WWII poverty-stricken Rome, a man struggles to earn a living for himself and his family. When his bicycle and main means of transport is stolen, with his young son in tow, he attempts to find the thief.

Based on the novel: Ladri de biciclette by Luigi Bartolini.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
"Restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container.
Special features: "Working with De Sica" featurette with D'Amico, Staiola, and film scholar Callisto Cosulich; "Life as it is: The neorealist movement in Italy," featurette with film scholar Mark Shiel; Documentary by Carlo Lizzani on longtime De Sica collaborator and neorealist Cesare Zavattini.
Program notes on container insert include the following essays : "A passionate commitment to the real" by film critic Godfrey Cheshire, "Ode to the common man" by filmmaker Charles Burnett, "Some ideas on the cinema" by neorealist writer Cesare Zavattini, "Bicycle Thieves" by film critic Andre Bazin, and the following remembrances : "My secret" by director De Sica, "But this is Maria" by actor Carell, "We were always on the street" by Luisa Alessandri, "The smallest detail" by Sergio Leone, "Many friends, much noise" by Manuel De Sica, "Money kills the imagination" by Maria Mercader.

Fotografia [= cinematography], Carlo Montuori ; scenografo [= art director], Antonio Traverso ; montaggio [= editor], Eraldo Da Roma ; musiche del maestro [= music], Alessandro Cicognini.

Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell.

Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell.

Not rated.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; (1:33:1) presentation; Dolby digital 1.0 mono.

Winner, Honorary Academy Award for most outstanding foreign film released in the United States in 1949 ; Winner, Best Foreign Film, 1950 Golden Globes ; Winner, Best Film from Any Source, 1950 BAFTA Awards ; Winner, 1949 National Board of Review, USA, Best Director (Vittorio de Sica), Best Film.

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 374.

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