Written on the wind [videorecording] / Universal-International ; screenplay by George Zuckerman ; produced by Albert Zugsmith ; directed by Douglas Sirk.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: CC1566D | Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection ; 96Publication details: [United States] : Criterion Collection, c2001.Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1559409134
- 9781559409131
- Wilder, Robert, 1901-1974 -- Film and video adaptations
- Brothers and sisters -- Drama
- Children of the rich -- Conduct of life -- Drama
- DVD
- Dysfunctional families -- Drama
- Feature films
- Man-woman relationships -- Texas -- Drama
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Texas -- Drama
- Rich people -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Texas -- Drama
- Director of photography, Russell Matty ; editor, Russell F. Schoengarth ; music, Frank Skinner.
- Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Written | Available | 33111005125873 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Perhaps the definitive Douglas Sirk production, Written on the Wind is based on the novel by Robert Wilder. The story revolves around the Hadleys, a wealthy but thoroughly debauched family of Texas oil millionaires. Robert Stack is self-destructive alcoholic Kyle Hadley, while Dorothy Malone won an Oscar for her equally vivid potrayal of Kyle's nymphomaniac sister Marylee. Kyle manages to win beautiful, level-headed advertising executive Lucy Moore (Lauren Bacall) away from his best friend, virile Hadley Oil geologist Mitch Wayne (Rock Hudson), but Lucy soon comes to regret her decision to marry into the hell-on-earth Hadley family. When Lucy becomes pregnant, Kyle assumes that Mitch is the father, leading to a maelstrom of fever-pitch emotionalism and stark tragedy. Before he quite knows what is happening, Mitch is on trial for murder; the one person who can clear him is the craven Marylee, who demands Mitch's sexual favors as the price for her testimony. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the novel by Robert Wilder.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
Special features include: New widescreen digital transfer ; The melodrama archive, annotated filmography of Douglas Sirk ; theatrical trailers for Written on the wind and All that heaven allows ; liner notes by Laura Mulvey.
Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.77:1).
Director of photography, Russell Matty ; editor, Russell F. Schoengarth ; music, Frank Skinner.
Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith.
Drama of a Texas oil magnate brought down by the excesses of his spoiled offspring.
Not rated by MPAA.
DVD, Dolby digital mono.
English captions for the hearing impaired.
Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone.