Written on the wind

Blu-ray 2022

The Technicolor expressionism of Douglas Sirk reached a fever pitch with this operatic tragedy, which finds the director pushing his florid visuals and his critiques of American culture to their subversive extremes. Alcoholism, nymphomania, impotence, and deadly jealousy; these are just some of the toxins coursing through a massively wealthy, degenerate Texan oil family. When a sensible secretary has the misfortune of marrying the clan's neurotic...

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Dysfunctional families Drama

Man-woman relationships Texas Drama

Rich people Drama

Siblings Drama

Spouses Drama

Texas Drama

Wilder, Robert, 1901-1974 Film adaptations

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ISBN:

9781681439112
1681439115

Uniform Title:

Written on the wind (Motion picture)

Edition:

Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 unnumbered leaf : color illustrations ; 33 x 49 cm, folded to 13 x 17 cm)
4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
mono
videodisc
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Title and credits from screen
Based on the novel by Robert Wilder
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Special features: Acting for Douglas Sirk, a 2008 documentary; new interview with film scholar Patricia White; trailer; an essay by filmmaker and critic Blair McClendon
Accompanied by folded sheet containing essay by filmmaker and critic Blair McClendon
Director of photography, Russell Metty ; editor, Russell F. Schoengarth ; music, Frank Skinner
Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Grant Williams
Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH)
System requirements: Blu-ray player ; will not play on standard DVD players
Blu-ray; region A; LPCM monaural; requires Blu-ray player
English dialogue

LCCN:

be2022004730

Control Number:

3153195

UPC:

715515268417

Other Authors:

Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985, actor
Keith, Robert, 1896-1966, actor
Malone, Dorothy, actor
Metty, Russell, director of photography
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wilder, Robert, 1901-1974. Written on the wind
Schoengarth, Russell, editor of moving image work
Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987, film director
Skinner, Frank, 1897-1968, composer (expression)
Stack, Robert, 1919-2003, actor
Universal-International (Firm), presenter, production company
Zuckerman, George, 1916-1996, screenwritter
Zugsmith, Albert, producer

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