The night of the hunter /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:Night of the hunter (Motion picture)
Edition:Two-disc Blu-ray special edition.
Imprint:[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
©2014
Description:2 videodiscs (93 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm)
Language:English
Series:Criterion collection ; 541
Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 541.
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Format: DVD Video Blu-ray disc
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9959662
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:Agee, James, 1909-1955,
Gregory, Paul, 1920-
Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962,
Mitchum, Robert,
Winters, Shelley,
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993,
Gleason, James, 1886-1959,
Varden, Evelyn, 1893-1958,
Graves, Peter, 1926-2010,
Beddoe, Don,
Chapin, Billy,
Bruce, Sally Jane,
Castillo, Gloria, 1933-1978
Schumann, Walter, 1913-1958,
Cortez, Stanley,
Brown, Hilyard,
Golden, Robert S.,
Spencer, Alfred E.,
Bos, Jerry,
Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980. Night of the hunter.
Sanders, Terry,
Gitt, Robert, 1941-
Feeney, F. X., 1953-
Jones, Preston Neal,
Callow, Simon, 1949-
Maltin, Leonard,
Rafferty, Terrence,
Sragow, Michael,
Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
Other authors / contributors:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
Paul Gregory Productions, presenter, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
ISBN:9781604658231
1604658231
Physical medium:Blu-ray 4 3/4 in.
Sound characteristics:digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0
Video characteristics:laser optical NTSC
Digital file characteristics:video file Blu-Ray region A
Notes:From the novel by Davis Grubb.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (by second-unit director Terry Sanders, film archivist Robert Gitt, film critic F.X. Feeney, and author Preston Neal Jones); The making of "The night of the hunter"; Simon Callow on Charles Laughton (interview with author Simon Callow); Moving pictures (15-minute documentary originally boradcast in 1995); The Ed Sullivan Show (excerpt from the September 25, 1955 episode in which cast members perform a deleted scene); Stanley Cortez (interview with the director of photography); Davis Grubb sketches (photo gallery); Theatrical trailer. Disc 2: Introduction (to the film by film archivist Robert Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin); Charles Laughton directs "The night of the hunter" (a 2 1/2 hour treasure trove of outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage). Booklet features essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow.
Music by Walter Schumann ; photography by Stanley Cortez ; art direction by Hilyard Brown ; film editor, Robert Golden ; set decoration, Al Spencer ; wardrobe, Jerry Bos.
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castilo.
Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1); requires Blu-ray player; monaural.
Summary:A demented preacher stalks two young children, a brother and sister, because he is certain they know where their late bank-robbing father hid his money. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this is an ethereal, expressionistic American classic.
Standard no.:715515113618
Publisher's no.:CC2347BD The Criterion Collection
CC2347BD-1 The Criterion Collection
CC2347BD-2 The Criterion Collection
Review by Library Journal Review

Perhaps most widely known for his tragic depiction of the deformed bell ringer Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Laughton ventured behind the camera just once for this 1955 box-office failure, which has gained immeasurable stature since its unheralded release. Robert Mitchum is bone-chilling as the psychopathic "preacher" who marries a small-town widow (Shelley Winters) strictly to uncover a stash of money known only to her two children. With its expressionistic style, Night mingles elements of an eerie thriller with a lyrical fable of childhood resolve. A bounty of extras, including documentaries, new and archival interviews, audio commentary, essays, and more, affirm the film's classic status. Beautifully restored, this Night is one to remember.-Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Library Journal Review