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Summertime
Uniform Title
Summertime (Motion picture : 1955)
Title
Summertime / Lopert Films Incorporated present ; screenplay by H.E. Bates, David Lean ; produced by Ilya Lopert ; directed by David Lean.
ISBN
9781681439587
1681439581
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
Based on the play "The time of the cuckoo" by Arthur Laurents.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Full screen 1.37:1.
Special features: new interview with film historian Melanie Williams; interview from 1963 with director David Lean; audio excerpts from a 1988 interview with cinematographer Jack Hildyard; trailer; essay by film critic Stephanie Zacharek.
Music, Alessandro Cicognini ; director of photography, Jack Hildyard ; editor, Peter Taylor.
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Summary
In a tour de force of fearless vulnerability, Katharine Hepburn embodies the conflicting emotions that stir the heart of a lonely, middle-aged American tourist who is forced to confront her deep-seated insecurities when she is drawn into a seemingly impossible affair with a charming Italian shopkeeper amid the ancient city's canals and piazzas.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 20, 2022
Series
The Criterion collection ; 22
Credits
Music, Alessandro Cicognini ; director of photography, Jack Hildyard ; editor, Peter Taylor.
Cast
Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin, Jane Rose, Mari Aldon, MacDonald Parke, Gaetano Autiero, Jeremy Spenser, Isa Miranda.
System details note
Blu-ray; region A; Aspect ratio 1.37:1; Monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
CC3380BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Romance films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Lopert Films, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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