The mask [DVD] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Taylor Roffman production ; script by Frank Taubes, Sandy Haver, Franklin Delessert ; script for dream sequences, Slavko Vorkapich ; Taylor Roffman Productions Ltd. ; produced and directed by Julian Roffman ; a Beaver-Champion Attraction.
Format:
[DVD] /
Publisher:
Kino Classics,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pair of 3D glasses.
3-D sequences require 3-D glasses for best viewing. Film restored by Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and 3-D Film Archive. Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Special features include: newly restored anaglyph 3-D from original 35mm elements; restored Electro-Magic Sound (optional 5.1 Surround during 3-D sequences); audio commentary by film historian Jason Pichonsky; 20-minute documentary "Julian Roffman: the man behind the Mask"; 3-D setup guide; original theatrical trailer; 1982 videotaped introduction hosted by magician Harry Blackstone: "Mystic Magic" Filmed on location in Toronto, Ontario. Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Bill Walker, Anne Collings, Martin Lavut, Leo Leyden, Norman Ettlinger, Bill Bryden, Jim Moran.
Summary:
After the death of a disturbed patient, psychiatrist Dr. Allan Barnes (Paul Stevens) comes into possession of the ancient tribal mask that drove the young man to his doom. When Barnes puts on the mask, he is assailed with nightmarish visions of monsters, occultists, and ritual torture. He continues to explore this terrifying new psychic world--even as the mask reveals a latent violence in Barnes's own nature that threatens those closest to him.
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