Paths of glory

Blu-ray 2010

During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney.

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ISBN:

9781604653410

Edition:

Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 Blu-ray disc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
digital optical
video file Blu-ray 1080p high definition region A
monochrome

Target Audience Note:

MPAA: Not rated
CHVR: Not rated

Notes:

Based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957
Booklet contains an essay by Kubrick scholar James Naremore
Special features: 2010 audio commentary featuring critic Gary Gliddins, excerpt from a 1966 audio interview with director Stanley Kubrick by author Jeremy Bernstein, television interview from 1979 with star Kirk Douglas, new video interviews with Kubrick's long-time executive producer Jan Harlan, producer James B. Harris, and actress Christaine Kubrick, a 1997 French television piece about a real-life World War I execution that partly inspired the film, and theatrical trailer
Director of photography, George Krause; editor, Eva Kroll; music, Gerald Fried
Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joseph Turkel
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural
Requires Blu-ray player
In English with optinal English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

1867900

UPC:

715515064118

Other Authors:

Anderson, Richard, 1926-2017, actor
Bryna Productions
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020, actor
Fried, Gerald, composer (expression)
Harris, James B., 1928- film producer
Krause, Georg, 1901-1986, director of photography
Kubrick, Stanley, screenwriter, film director
Macready, George, 1899-1973, actor
Meeker, Ralph, 1920-1988, actor
Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963, actor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Morris, Wayne, 1914-1959, actor
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Cobb, Humphrey, 1899-1944. Paths of glory
Naremore, James, writer of supplementary textual content
Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977, screenwriter
Turkel, Joe, 1927-2022, actor
Willingham, Calder, 1922-1995, screenwriter

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