Item Details
Overlord [videorecording]
Janus Films ; Waltzing Clouds, Inc. ; presented by the Imperial War Museum ; produced by James Quinn ; original screenplay by Christopher Hudson & Stuart Cooper ; directed by Stuart Cooper.
- Format
- DVD; Video
- Summary
- The story of one 20-year-old's journey from basic training to the battle front lines at D-day brings all the terrors of war to its viewers with jolting authenticity. Interweaved with archival war footage.
- Director
- Stuart Cooper
- Performer(s)
- Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins, Stella Tanner.
- Release Date
- 1975
- Run Time
- 84 min.
- Language
- Closed-captioned.
- Notes
- Videodisc release of a 1975 motion picture.
- Special features: Audio commentary featuring Cooper and actor Brian Stirner; "Mining the archive": a new video featuring Imperial War Museum film archivists detailing the war footage used in the film; "Capa influences Cooper": a new photo essay featuring Cooper on photographer Robert Capa; "A test of violence" (1969): Cooper's short film about Spanish artist Juan Genovés; "Cameramen at war": the British Ministry of Information's 1943 film tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen; "Germany calling": a 1941 British Ministry of Information propaganda film, clips of which appear in Overlord; Journals from two D-day soldiers, read by Brian Stirner; theatrical trailer ; plus, a new essay by critic Kent Jones, a short history of the Imperial War Museum, and excerpts from the Overlord novelization, by Cooper and Christopher Hudson.
- Edition
- Director-approved special ed. ; widescreen version.
- Series
- The Criterion collection
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs)
- Series statement
- The Criterion collection ; 382
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 382.
- ISBN(s)
- 1934121339, 9781934121337,
- Credits
- Photographer, John Alcott ; editor, Jonathan Gili ; music composer, Paul Glass.
- Published
- [New York, N.Y.] :Criterion Collection,c2007.
- Publisher no.
- CC1689D Criterion Collection
- Description
- 1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1, 16:9 enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC, new, restored high-definition digital transfer.
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