The leopard [DVD] = Il gattopardo / a Titanus production released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ; produced by Goffredo Lombardo ; directed by Luchino Visconti.
Format:
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Edition:
Special ed.
Publisher:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paola Stoppa, Rina Morelli.
Contents:
Special features: (Disc one) new high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, with restored image and sound and presented in the original Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.21:1; audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; new and improved English subtitle translation; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition; (Disc two) A Dying Breed: The Making of The Leopard, a new hour-long documentary featuring interviews with actress Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, director of photography Giuseppe Totunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others; Interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo; an exclusive video interview with professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania on the history behind The Leopard; original theatrical trailers and newsreels; stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos; (Disc three) new transfer of the 161-minute American release, with English-language dialogue (including Burt Lancaster's actual voice); plus: a new essay by author and film historian Michael Wood.
Summary:
Recounting the years of Italy's Risorgimento-when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a democratic Italy. Contains the original Italian version with optional subtitles, the English-language version and special features.
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