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The gladiators Gladiatorerna = Les gladiateurs
Title
The gladiators [videorecording] = Gladiatorerna = Les gladiateurs / Sandrews presents a Peter Watkins film ; produced by Göran Lindgren ; screenplay by Nicholas Gosling and Peter Watkins ; directed by Peter Watkins.
ISBN
156730429X
Published
New York : New Yorker Video, [2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 p.)
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Special features: Feature length audio commentary by Dr. Joseph A. Gomez, founding director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University and author of the 1979 book "Peter Watkins"; "The diary of an unknown soldier" (17 min., 1959), the amateur film made by Peter Watkins; Peter Watkins filmography; 12-page booklet featuring a new Peter Watkins self-interview and full cast and credits.
Director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; art director, William Brodie ; editor, Lars Hagström ; music, Claes Af Geijerstam.
English, Swedish, French and Chinese dialogue, English or French subtitles.
Summary
To maintain international and internal security and to divert mankind's natural aggression, the UN organizes a series of televised military games, which are often fought to the death.
Variant and related titles
Gladiatorerna
Gladiateurs
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Chinese; French; Swedish
Added to Catalog
May 16, 2006
Series
Cinema of Peter Watkins
Credits
Director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; art director, William Brodie ; editor, Lars Hagström ; music, Claes Af Geijerstam.
Cast
Arthur Pentelow, Jeremy Child, J.Z. Kennedy, Jean-Pierre Delamour, Pik-Sen Lim.
System details note
DVD, region 1, pillarboxed (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience
Not rated.
Issue number
NYD 100006 New Yorker Video
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