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Genre/Form: | Drama Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
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Named Person: | H C Andersen; H C Andersen |
Material Type: | Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
J Arthur Rank; Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger; Keith Winter; Anton Walbrook; Marius Goring; Moira Shearer; Jack Cardiff; Reginald Mills; Brian Easdale; Robert Helpmann, Sir; Leonide Massine; Thomas Beecham; H C Andersen; Criterion Collection (Firm) |
ISBN: | 9781604652888 1604652888 |
OCLC Number: | 642056654 |
Language Note: | English or French; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Notes: | Based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Release date: Jul. 20, 2010. Special features: Introductory restoration demonstration with filmmaker Martin Scorsese; audio commentary with film historian Ian Christie, featuring interviews with stars Marius Goring and Moira Shearer, cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and Scorese; audio recording of Jeremy Irons reading excerpts from Powell and Pressburger's novelization of The red shoes; Profile of "The red shoes," a documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team; video interview with director Michael Powell's widow, editor Thelma Schoomaker Powell, from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, in which she discusses Powell, the film, and the restoration; collection of rare publicity stills and behind-the-scenes photos; gallery of items from the Scorsese's personal collection of The red shoes memorabilia; "The red shoes" sketches, an animated film of Hein Heckroth's painted storyboards, with the Red shoes ballet as an alternate angle; audio recording of Irons reading the original Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The red shoes"; theatrical trailer; plus: a booklet featuring an essay by critic David Ehrenstein and a description of the restoration by UCLA film archivist Robert Gitt. |
Credits: | Director of photography, Jack Cardiff ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music composed, conducted and arranged by Brian Easdale ; choreography, Robert Helpmann ; the part of the shoemaker created and danced by LeÌonide Massine ; ballet music conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham. |
Cast: | Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer. |
Description: | 1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm). |
Details: | Blu-ray, region A, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, high definition; monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
Series Title: | Criterion collection, 44. |
Responsibility: | J. Arthur Rank presents ; a production of the Archers ; from an original screenplay by Emeric Pressburger with additional dialogue by Keith Winter ; written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. |
Abstract:
A young ballerina is torn between love and success.
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