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Elmer Gantry

Author: Bernard SmithRichard BrooksBurt LancasterJean SimmonsDean JaggerAll authors
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
Edition/Format:   DVD video : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
One man's fervent pursuit of wealth and power leads him to religion for profit in the evangelist tents of the 1920's Midwestern Corn Belt.
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Genre/Form: Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Film adaptations
Drama
Teatro
Named Person: Sinclair Lewis
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Bernard Smith; Richard Brooks; Burt Lancaster; Jean Simmons; Dean Jagger; Arthur Kennedy; Shirley Jones; Patti Page; John Alton; André Previn; Sinclair Lewis; Edward Andrews; John McIntire; United Artists Corporation.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
ISBN: 0792849159 9780792849155
OCLC Number: 46485830
Language Note: In English, French or Spanish with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis.
Special feature: original theatrical trailer.
Credits: Photography, John Alton ; editor, Marjorie Fowler ; music, Andre Previn.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Dean Jagger, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Patti Page, Ed Andrews, John McIntire.
Awards: Academy Awards for Best Actor (Lancaster), Best Supporting Actress (Jones), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Brooks), 1961.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: Not rated.
Description: 1 videodisc (147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, Widescreen presentation (aspect ratio 1.66:1); Dolby Digital mono.
Contents: Special Features: Widescreen presentation --
Original theatrical trailer --
Language: English mono ; French mono ; Spanish mono --
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.
Other Titles: Elmer Gantry
Responsibility: United Artists Pictures Inc. ; produced by Bernard Smith ; screenplay by Richard Brooks ; directed by Richard Brooks.
Local System Bib Number:
136869

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One man's fervent pursuit of wealth and power leads him to religion for profit in the evangelist tents of the 1920's Midwestern Corn Belt.
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