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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Fiction films Comedy films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama |
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| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul Jones; Preston Sturges; Joel McCrea; Veronica Lake; Robert Warwick; Margaret Hayes; Porter Hall; Franklyn Pangborn; Eric Blore; Robert Greig; Leo Shuken; Edith Head; Paramount Pictures, Inc.; Janus Films.; Criterion Collection (Firm) |
| ISBN: | 1559409193 9781559409193 |
| OCLC Number: | 47830416 |
| Language Note: | SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music, Leo Shuken and Charles Bradshaw ; costume designer, Edith Head. |
| Cast: | Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, Robert Greig, Georges Renavent, Harry Rosenthal. |
| Awards: | Named to the National Film Registry in 1990 by the Library of Congress. |
| Target Audience: | Not rated by MPAA. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Contents: | Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean -- Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer (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. |
| Series Title: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 118. |
| Other Titles: | Preston Sturges' Sullivan's travels Sullivan's travels |
| Responsibility: | Janus Films ; a Paramount Picture ; associate producer, Paul Jones ; written and directed by Preston Sturges. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 197243 |
Abstract:
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.
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