Henrik Ibsen's An enemy of the people [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; screenplay by Alexander Jacobs ; produced and directed by George Schaefer ; a Solar production ; The First Artists Production Company.
Material type:
FilmSeries: Archive collectionPublication details: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]Description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title: - Enemy of the people
- Director of photography, Paul Lohmann ; music, Leonard Rosenman ; editor, Sheldon Kahn.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Henrik I | Checked out | 06/10/2024 | 33111008302834 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Steve McQueen served as both star and executive producer for this film version of the drama by Henrik Ibsen, which was adapted by Arthur Miller. When Dr. Thomas Stockmann (McQueen) discovers that a tannery has dangerously polluted a hot spring in his community, he feels that it is his duty to share this information with the people. However, a number of prominent citizens (including Stockmann) intended to use the hot springs as the centerpiece of a health spa, and Tom's brother Peter (Charles Durning), the town's mayor, contends that a clean-up of the spring would be impractical, expensive, and would scare off potential customers. Stockmann is still eager to share his story with the community, but the town council is determined to silence him, and in time they turn public opinion against him. The outcry against Stockmann's activism eventually ruins his medical practice and drives a wedge between Stockmann and his wife Catherine (Bibi Andersson). While An Enemy of the People became a pet project for McQueen, it received indifferent reviews and poor distribution, opening in only a few scattered American cities several years after it was completed. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
"This disc is expected to play back in DVD video 'play only' devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."--Container.
Film version of play of the same title by Henrik Ibsen; as adapted for the American stage by Arthur Miller.
Includes theatrical trailer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.
This disc is DVD MOD (manufactured on demand).
Director of photography, Paul Lohmann ; music, Leonard Rosenman ; editor, Sheldon Kahn.
Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson, Richard A. Dysart, Eric Christmas, Michael Cristofer, Michael Higgins.
A doctor wants to go public with his knowledge that the therapeutic springs that brought fame and commerce to his town are polluted, but the mayor and others are determined to stop him.
Rating: G.
DVD MOD ; Dolby Digital mono ; widescreen 16x9 1.85:1 [aspect ratio].