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2008

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Call Number:	F
Title:	Magnificent obsession / Universal International ; produced by Ross Hunter ; screenplay by Robert Blees, Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman ; adaptation by Wells Root ; directed by Douglas Sirk.
Edition:	Special ed.
Publisher, Date:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2008.
Description:	2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Summary:	Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from a rescue team. They have to use the town's only resuscitator. At that same moment the beloved, local doctor has a heart attack and dies while waiting for the life-saving device. When Bob learns about the doctor's secret - to give selflessly and in secret - he decides to give it a try. He alienates the doctor's widow, Helen, with whom Bob has now fallen in love. His persistence causes another tragedy, and he must remake his life.
Series:	The Criterion collection ; 457 Criterion collection ; 457.
Subjects:	Men -- Conduct of life -- Drama. Lifesaving -- Equipment and supplies -- Drama. Widows -- United States -- Drama. Persistence -- Drama.
Other Author:	Hunter, Ross. Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987. Blees, Robert. Root, Wells. Anders, Rudolph, 1895-1987. Kleeb, Helen, 1907-2003. Mason, Sarah Y., 1896-1980. Heerman, Victor, 1893-1977 Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007. Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985. Rush, Barbara, 1927- Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974 Kruger, Otto, 1885-1974. Palmer, Gregg, 1927- Shane, Sara, 1928- Cavanagh, Paul, 1895-1964. Nugent, Judy. Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Schmidt, Eckhart, 1938- Anders, Allison. Bigelow, Kathryn. Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987. O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948- Magnificent obsessions. Douglas, Lloyd C. (Lloyd Cassel), 1877-1951. Magnificent obsession. Universal-International (Firm) Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Title:	Magnificent obsession (Motion picture : 1954)
Notes:	Title from opening frames. "Universal International presents"--At head of title. Based on the novel by Lloyd C. Douglas ; based on the screenplay by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Booklet features a new essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien. Special features: New, restored, High-Definition digital transfer; audio commentary featuring film scholar Thomas Doherty; Magnificent obsession (1935, 102 min.): a new digital transfer of John M. Stahl's complete earlier version of the film starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor; "Douglas Sirk: from UFA to Hollywood (1991): a rare 80-minute documentary by German filmmaker Eckhart Schmidt in which Sirk reflects upon his career; video interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Kathryn Bigelow, paying tribute to Sirk; theatrical trailer. Director of photography, Russell Metty ; editor, Milton Carruth ; original music, Frank Skinner. Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Gregg Palmer, Sara Shane, Paul Cavanagh, Judy Nugent, Helen Kleeb, Richard H. Cutting, Rudolph Anders, Fred Nurney, Alexander Campbell. DVD in widescreen (2.00:1) presentation enhanced for 16:9 televisions ; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono ; Region 1 ; NTSC. Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Contents:	Disc 1. Restored high-definition digital transfer ; Audio commentary ; Video interviews ; Theatrical trailer -- Disc 2. New digital transfer of Stahl's earlier version of the film ; From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk remembers, a documentary / Scmidt, Eckhart.
ISBN:	9781604651102
Publisher or Distributor Number:	CC1789D
Other Number:	270770163
Items available:	1
Copies owned:	1
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