The magnificent Ambersons [videorecording] / a De Angelis Group, and A & E Network Production ; in association with RKO Pictures ; co-produced by Victory Media Group ; produced by Gene Kirkwood, Norman Stephens and Jonas Bauer ; directed by Alfonso Arau ; Global Entertainment Production Holland BV.
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FilmPublisher number: AAE-70340 | New Video GroupPublication details: [United States] : Arts & Entertainment Network : Distributed by New Video, [2002]Description: 1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0767041267
- 9780767041263
- Magnificent Ambersons (Television program).
- Cinematography, Kenneth MacMillan ; editor, David Martin ; music, Ruy Folguera.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Magnific | Available | 33111006585638 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This lavish, cable-TV remake of Orson Welles' The Magnficent Ambersons endeavored to prove Welles right by adhering to his original screenplay, restoring several scenes which provided additional substance and significance to the story and deepened the characterizations. Set in Indianapolis at the beginning of the 20th century, the story parallels the "destruction" of a gentle, elegant way of life thanks to the introduction of the automobile with the disintegration of the aristocratic Amberson family, the wealthiest clan in town. Self-made millionaire auto manufacturer Eugene Morgan (Bruce Greenwood) returns to Indianapolis after a lengthy absence, determined to wed the recently widowed Isabel Amberson Minafer (Madeline Stowe), who still regrets having spurned him years earlier in favor of a "safer" marriage. Most of those concerned want to see the decent, self-effacing Eugene find happiness with the lovely Isabel, but her spoiled, snobbish son George (Jonathan Rhys-Davies), resenting the threat that Eugene and his automobiles pose to his pampered, superficial lifestyle, violently opposes his mother's romance. George's obnoxiously obstreperous stance seriously strains his own relationship with Eugene's sweet, sensible daughter Lucy (Gretchen Mol). Watching from the sidelines are George's neurotic maiden aunt Fanny Minafer (Jennifer Tilly), Isabel's likably bombastic senator brother George Amberson (William Hootkins), and frail family patriarch Major Amberson (James Cromwell), who, like virtually everyone in the story except Eugene, cannot accept -- or see -- that the times are indeed a-changing. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on a screenplay by Orson Welles, from the novel by Booth Tarkington.
Originally produced in 2000 for television broadcast in 2002; copyright date on container, 2001.
Special features: The making of the Magnificent Ambersons (behind-the-scenes featurette); talent biographies (Cromwell, Mol, Stowe, Welles).
Cinematography, Kenneth MacMillan ; editor, David Martin ; music, Ruy Folguera.
Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Greenwood, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Gretchen Mol, Jennifer Tilly, William Hootkins, Dina Merrill, James Cromwell.
Lavish new production made from Welles' original shooting script, allowing audiences to finally see his epic vision of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Booth Tarkington novel fully realized. The haunting story of a wealthy Midwestern family's struggle to adapt to the rapidly changing world at the dawn of the 20th century.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital stereo.
Closed-captioned.