Elmer Gantry / United Artists presents ; screenplay by Richard Brooks ; produced by Bernard Smith ; directed by Richard Brooks.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: K1395 | Kino LorberLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: KL studio classicsProducer: [Santa Monica, Calif.] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [2014]Publisher: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : United Artists Pictures Publisher: [Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.]: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Kino Lorber Corp. Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9786315616846
- 6315616844
- Elmer Gantry (Motion picture)
- Photography, John Alton ; editor, Marjorie Fowler ; music, André Previn.
- Academy Awards, 1961: Best Actor (Lancaster), Best Supporting Actress (Jones) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Brooks).
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD | Main Library | DVD | DRAMA ELMER GA | Available | 33111009958998 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A small-time hustler starts a religious show in middle America during the 1920s. Adapted from Sinclair Lewis's novel written to expose and denounce the flamboyant, small-town evangelists spreading through America at the time.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital stereo.
In English with optional English subtitles.
Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Dean Jagger, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Patti Page.
Photography, John Alton ; editor, Marjorie Fowler ; music, André Previn.
From the novel by Sinclair Lewis.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
©MCMLX by Elmer Gantry Productions.
One man's fervent pursuit of wealth and power leads him to religion for profit in the evangelist tents of the 1920's Midwestern Corn Belt.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Academy Awards, 1961: Best Actor (Lancaster), Best Supporting Actress (Jones) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Brooks).
Special features: On camera interview with actress Shirley Jones ; original theatrical trailer.
For private home use only.