The Sand Pebbles [videorecording] / 20th Century Fox ; a Robert Wise production ; an Argyle-Solar Productions picture ; screenplay by Robert Anderson ; directed by Robert Wise.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 2244058 | Twentieth Century Fox Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Series: Cinema classics collectionPublication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2007.Description: 2 videodiscs (183,196 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: - Director of photography, Joseph MacDonald ; film editor, William Reynolds ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Steve McQueen received his only Academy Award nomination for his performance in this epic-scale war drama, based on the novel by Richard McKenna. In 1926, as China teeters on the edge of political revolution in the midst of a civil war, the USS San Pablo , is ordered to patrol the Yangtze River to represent and protect American interests. While the San Pablo may be an American ship, much of the labor is actually performed by Chinese locals willing to work for American money, while stern but inexperienced commanding officer Captain Collins (Richard Crenna) frequently drills his charges, unsure what else to do. A machinist's mate with just under a decade of navy service behind him, Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) is assigned to the San Pablo and immediately makes enemies among the crew -- he prefers to do his own work rather than farm it out to others, and the one Chinese man who works by his side, Po Han (Mako), is treated as an apprentice rather than a servant. Holman also falls in love with an idealistic American missionary (Candice Bergen), while his shipmate Frenchy (Richard Attenborough) falls for a Chinese girl and - with marriage plans in mind - kidnaps her to prevent her from being auctioned off. As Holman's methods and attitudes continue to anger his comrades, they find themselves increasingly at odds with the Chinese, especially after Frenchy's girlfriend becomes pregnant and Po Han is captured by revolutionary forces and branded a traitor. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on the novel by Richard McKenna.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966.
Special features: Disc 1: commentary with director Robert Wise and actors Candice Bergen, Mako, and Richard Crenna; isolated soundtrack with commentary by music producer Nick Redman, film music historian Jon Burlingame, and Lem Dobbs, film historian and screenwriter of The limey and Dark city. Disc 2: Introductions by Robert Wise and Richard Zanuck; the Making of The Sand Pebbles featurettes: Weighing anchor; cast & characters; Rough seas; McQueen on deck; sound & image; A worthy vessel ; side bars: Steve McQueen remembered, Robert Wise in command, China 1926; from the Fox vault: A ship called San Pablo, narrated by Richard Attenborough; The secret of the San Pablo, narrated by Richard Crenna; radio documentaries narrated by Richard Attenborough: Changsha Bund and the Streets of Taipei; A ship called San Pablo; radio spots; original theatrical trailer; still galleries; MAD Magazine's The Sand Pebbles.
Disc 1: Theatrical version. Disc 2: Roadshow version.
Director of photography, Joseph MacDonald ; film editor, William Reynolds ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Marayat Andriane, Mako, Larry Gates.
A U.S. gunboat cruises China's Yangtze River in 1926, witnessing the awakening of a bloody revolution.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby 4.0 or 5.1 surround; disc 1: dual layer, widescreen, 2.35:1 ; disc 2: double sided, widescreen 2.20:1.
Closed-captioned (both discs).
Disc 1 : English, French, or Spanish soundtracks; English or Spanish subtitles. Disc 2 : English soundtrack; English, French, or Spanish subtitles.