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Author:

River (Motion picture : 1951)

Title:

The River [DVD] / Oriental International Films, Inc. ; director, Jean Renoir.

Format:

[DVD] /

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,
Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

DVD videodisc.
India--Social conditions--Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Renoir, Jean, 1894-
Swinburne, Nora, 1902-2000.
Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987.
Corri, Adrienne.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)

Notes:

Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden. Special features: New high-definition digital transfer from the 2004 film restoration; Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir; New video interview with Martin Scorsese; 2000 audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney; 1995 'Rumer Godden: An Indian Afffair' BBC documentary; Essays by film scholars Ian Christie and Alexander Sesonske; Stills gallery; Original theatrical trailer. Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Adrienne Corri.

Summary:

The film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River in India, around which their daily lives unfold.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 276

ISBN:

9780780029620
0780029623

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57739210

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)