The night of the hunter

Night of the hunter (Motion picture)

Widescreen edition ; special edition

2 videodiscs (approximately 93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 brochure (28 pages : illustrations)
monochrome
digital
optical
stereo
NTSC
video file
Blu-ray disc
region A

CHVR: not rated ; OFRB rating: AA

Based on the novel by Davis Grubb
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Audio commentary featuring assistant director Terry Sanders, film critic F. X. Feeney, archivist Robert Gitt, and author Preston Neal Jones. Charles Laughton Directs ?The Night of the Hunter,?a two-and-a-half-hour archival treasure trove of outtakes from the film. New documentary featuring interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Jones, and author Jeffrey Couchman. New video interview with Simon Callow, author of Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor Clip from the The Ed Sullivan Show, in which cast members perform live a scene that was deleted from the film. Fifteen-minute episode of the BBC show ?Moving Pictures? about the film. New video conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin about Charles Laughton Directs ?The Night of the Hunter? Archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez, Gallery of sketches by author Davis Grubb, Original theatrical trailer, PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow
Screenplay by James Agee ; produced by Paul Gregory ; directed by Charles Laughton
Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters with Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, James Gleason and Peter Graves
Blu-ray ; NTSC region A ; 1.66:1. Requires Blu-ray player
English audio
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

991079

715515113618

Agee, James, 1909-1955
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
Gleason, James, 1886-1959
Graves, Peter, 1911-1994
Gregory, Paul, 1920-2015
Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980. Night of the hunter
Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962, director
Mitchum, Robert
Paul Gregory Productions
Winters, Shelley