Galileo. [videorecording] / the Ely Landau Organization, Inc. and Cinevision LTEE present the American Film Theatre ; a film by Joseph Losey ; adapted for the screen by Barbara Bray and Joseph Losey from the English version by Charles Laughton ; producer, Ely Landau ; director, Joseph Losey.
Digital video disc. From the 2008 box set collection: The American Film Theatre : the complete 14 film collection. Videodisc release of the motion picture originally produced in 1974. Based on the play by Bertolt Brecht. Special features include an interview with Topol, "Bertolt Brecht and GALILEO" an essay by Michael Feingold, theatrical trailer, AFT cinebill for GALILEO, "Ely Landau: in front of the camera" (1974 promotional reel), AFT trailer gallery, AFT scrapbook. Topol, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Clive Revill.
Summary:
This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest. However, Galileo's trials and theories inspired others like Newton and Kepler to prove that the Earth was not the center of the Universe. Home use only.
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