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Director: | Stanley Kubrick |
Studio: | Criterion Collection |
Producer: | Kirk Douglas, Stanley Kubrick, James B. Harris |
Writer: | Stanley Kubrick, Humphrey Cobb |
Rating: | 6 |
Rated: | NR |
Date Added: | 2014-09-09 |
UPC: | 715515064019 |
Price: | $39.95 |
Awards: | Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations |
Genre: | Drama |
Release: | 2010-10-01 |
IMDb: | 0050825 |
Duration: | 88 |
Picture Format: | 1080p 24fps AVC MPEG-4 |
Aspect Ratio: | 1.66:1 |
Sound: | Dolby Digital 2.0 |
Languages: | English |
Subtitles: | English |
Features: | • New audio commentary featuring critic Gary Giddins • Interviews: - director Stanley Kubrick, excerpt from a 1966 audio interview (HD - 2:17 min) - actor Kirk Douglas, television interview from 1979 (HD - 29:27 min) - executive producer Jan Harlan, new video interviews with Kubrick’s longtime executive producer (HD - 9:08 min) - James B. Harris, Paths of Glory producer (HD - 21:09 min) - actress Christiane Kubrick (HD - 6:58 min) • Theophile Maupas, a French television piece about a real-life World War I execution that partly inspired the film (HD - 3:10 min) • Theatrical trailer (HD - 3:00 min)
a 20-page illustrated booklet containing James Naremore's essay "We Have Met the Enemy..." (Mr. Naremore is the author of On Kubrick [2007]. Among his other books are Acting in the Cinema [1988], More Than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts [2008], and the BFI monograph Sweet Smell of Success [2010]) |
Summary: The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack.
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