Gloria [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a John Cassavettes film ; produced by Sam Shaw ; written and directed by John Cassavetes.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 08569 | ColumbiaLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Korean, Spanish Publication details: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2003]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0767889142
- 9780767889148
- Gloria (Motion picture : 1980).
- Cinematographer, Fred Schuler ; original music, Bill Conti ; film editor, George C. Villaseñor.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Gloria | Available | 33111006840660 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Gloria (Gena Rowlands), a self-involved woman in her forties who was once a mobster's mistress, is asked to look after Philip (Juan Adames), the son of her Mafia-connected Puerto Rican neighbors. This temporary set-up becomes permanent when the neighbors are killed in a mob hit. Philip has in his possession a diary containing a record of illegal Mafia activities; thus the boy is as good as dead unless Gloria takes decisive action. With Philip in tow, Gloria leads the hit men on a frantic chase around Manhattan, and during the various gunfire exchanges, more than holds her own. Offering to exchange the diary for the boy's life, Gloria is rebuffed by the vendetta-driven assassins. Where once she was content squirreling herself away in her lonely apartment, Gloria now must face a lifetime on the run. Directed on a more commercial level than was customary for John Cassavetes (with a subversive streak of self-parody in the bargain), Gloria served as an excellent showcase for Cassavetes' wife Gena Rowlands. The film won the Golden Lion Award at the 1980 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.
Special features: bonus trailers.
Cinematographer, Fred Schuler ; original music, Bill Conti ; film editor, George C. Villaseñor.
Gena Rowlands, John Adames, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen.
An ex-gun moll and showgirl is suddenly forced to protect a child whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob.
Rated PG.
DVD; anamorphic widescreen; Dolby digital; NTSC; region 1.
English with optional subtitles in English, French, Korean or Spanish; closed-captioned.