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It happened one night
Uniform Title
It happened one night (Motion picture)
Title
It happened one night / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Frank Capra production ; screen play by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra.
ISBN
9781604658873
1604658878
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1934.
Special features: Screwball comedy?, a new conversation between critics Molly Haskell and Phillip Lopate; interview with Frank Capra Jr. from 1999; Frank Capra's American dream (a 1997 feature length documentary, directed by Ken Bowser and hosted by filmmaker, producer, and actor Ron Howard, traces the life and career of director Frank Capra; features interviews with colleagues of Capra's, film historians, and contemporary actors and directors who were influenced by Capra's work); new digital transfer of Capra's first film, the 1921 silent short "Fultah Fisher's boarding house", with a new score composed and performed by Donald Sosin; American Film Institute tribute to Capra (1982 televised version of the American Film Institute ceremony that presented a lifetime achievement award to director Frank Capra); trailer; essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
Based on the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Photography, Joseph Walker ; film editor, Gene Havlick ; musical director, Louis Silvers ; composer, Howard Jackson ; art director, Stephen Goosson ; costume design, Robert Kalloch.
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Summary
Opposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight, about a spoiled runaway socialite and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance. The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the early sound era.
Variant and related titles
Fultah Fisher's boarding house (Motion picture)
Frank Capra's American dream (Motion picture)
American Film Institute salute to Frank Capra (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 30, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 736
Credits
Photography, Joseph Walker ; film editor, Gene Havlick ; musical director, Louis Silvers ; composer, Howard Jackson ; art director, Stephen Goosson ; costume design, Robert Kalloch.
Cast
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson.
System details note
Blu-ray, Region A, (1.33:1) aspect ratio, mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
CC2416BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Fiction films.
Romantic comedy films.
Screwball comedy films.
Road films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films - United States.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Road films.
Romantic comedy films.
Screwball comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Ballad of Fisher's boarding house.
Columbia Pictures Corporation, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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