It's all true [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; Les Films Balenciaga production in association with the French Ministry of Education and Culture/French National Center for Cinematography ... [et al.] ; Richard Wilson, Myron Meisel, Bill Krohn, directors ; Bill Krohn, Richard Wilson, Myron Meisel, writers ; Régine Konckier ... [et al.], producers.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Paramount Pictures,
Copyright Date:
c2004
Description:
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Story of Samba (Carnival) My friend Bonito. Four men on a raft.
Notes:
Narrator: Miguel Ferrer. "Based on an unfinished film by Orson Welles." Videodisc release of a documentary film originally produced in 1993. "The lost masterpiece"--Container.
Contents:
The story of Samba (Carnival) / writer, Robert Meltzer ; cinematographer, Harry J. Wild -- My friend Bonito / director, Norman Foster ; producer, Orson Welles ; story, Robert Flaherty ; cinematographer, Floyd Crosby -- Four men on a raft / director, Orson Welles ; cinematographer, George Fanto ; still photography, Chico Abuquerque.
Summary:
Welles' ambitious film project in Brazil for the United States' anti-Nazi "Good Neighbor Policy" was shelved by RKO. This documentary features the story of the film's making and unmaking and features undiscovered footage.
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