The fortune

Blu-ray 2018

A comedy about a pair of con artists who try to swindle Freddie out of her family fortune. Soon Freddie discovers that both mens' interest in her is more financial than romantic. The two scoundrels mount several inept attempts to murder her but ultimately discover that the real treasure is not the money but the girl.

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Attempted murder Drama

Man-woman relationships Drama

Swindlers and swindling Drama

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Edition:

Limited edition

Description:

1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
digital optical surround 5.1 DTS-HD MA Dolby digital 5.1
video file Blu-ray 1080p high definition
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1975
Special features: High Definition remaster; original mono audio; audio commentary with critic and film historian Nick Pinkerton; Mike Nichols and Elaine May in conversation (2006, 69 min.): the two friends and collaborators discuss many aspects of filmmaking after a screening of May's Ishtar at New York's Walter Reade Theater; Professor Kyle Stevens on "The fortune" (2017, 6 min.): a new filmed appreciation by the author of 'Mike Nichols: Sex, language, and the reinvention of psychological realism'; Isolated music & effects track; image gallery: on-set and promotional photography; 32-page booklet with a new essay by Martyn Conterio, Nichols, Beatty and Channing on The fortune, a brief portrait of Carole Eastman, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
Director of photography, John A. Alonzo ; film editor, Stu Linder ; music adaptation, David Shire ; costume designer, Anthea Sylbert ; production designer, Richard Sylbert
Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Stockard Channing, Florence Stanley, Richard B. Shull, Tom Newman, John Fiedler, Scatman Crothers
Blu-ray; regions A, B & C; DTS-HD Master Audio mono ; wide scree (2.39:1)
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Control Number:

2644178

UPC:

503789907139

Other Authors:

Beatty, Warren, 1937-
Nichols, Mike
Nicholson, Jack
Stockard, Channing

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