The magnificent Ambersons [videorecording (DVD)] / De Angelis Group, and A&E Network Production ; in association with RKO Pictures ; co-produced by Victory Media Group ; produced by Gene Kirkwood, Norman Stephens and Jonas Bauer ; directed by Alfonso Arau ; Global Entertainment Production Holland BV.
Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Greenwood, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Gretchen Mol, Jennifer Tilly, William Hootkins, Dina Merrill, James Cromwell. Based on a screenplay by Orson Welles, from the novel by Booth Tarkington. Originally produced in 2000 for television broadcast in 2002; copyright date on container, 2001. Special features: The making of the Magnificent Ambersons (behind-the-scenes featurette); talent biographies (Cromwell, Mol, Stowe, Welles)
Summary:
Lavish new production made from Welles' original shooting script, allowing audiences to finally see his epic vision of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Booth Tarkington novel fully realized. The haunting story of a wealthy Midwestern family's struggle to adapt to the rapidly changing world at the dawn of the 20th century.
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