Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1surround, digitally mastered. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Cast |
Ben Cross, Peter Weller, Ione Skye, Marco Bonini, Guy Lankester, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Romina Mondello, Heino Ferch, Max Volkert, Martens Ralf Herforth, Antonella Lualdi, Gabriele Ferzetti. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Danielle Nannuzzi ; editor, Bryan Oates ; music composer and orchestrator, Ennio Morricone ; costume designer, Alberto Verso ; production designer, Giantito Burchellaro. |
Note |
Based on the novel "La torre della solitudine" by Valerio M. Manfredi. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence. |
Summary |
When famous archaeologist John Shannon goes missing deep in the African Sahara, his daughter Diane, working in the secret archives of the Vatican, desperately searches for the answers she needs to find him again. Partnering with Dr. Neal Hogan, Diane begins her search for the Tower of the Firstborn, said to house one of Christianity's greatest unsolved mysteries, and hopefully the key to her father's whereabouts. But Diane and Neal are not the only people searching for the Tower and the desert is filled with many who are determined to destroy anyone who gets too close ... |
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Special features: Trailer gallery. |
Language |
English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Women archivists -- Vatican City -- Drama.
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Archaeologists -- Sahara -- Drama.
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Missing persons -- Sahara -- Drama.
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Mysteries, Religious -- Sahara -- Drama.
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Sahara -- Drama.
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Vatican City -- Drama.
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Manfredi, Valerio -- Film adaptations.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Melodrama.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Adventure -- Feature.
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Mystery -- Feature.
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Melodrama -- Feature.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Adventure films.
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Mystery films.
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Melodrama.
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Added Author |
Fitzgerald, Brendan.
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Bauer Rai, Jonas.
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Andreatta, Eleonora.
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Nardella, Francesco.
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Giulioli, Enzo.
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Gallo, Marco.
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Gallo, Mario, 1923-1984.
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Montefiori, Luigi, 1942-
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Negrin, Alberto, 1940-
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Princi, Mark.
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Cross, Ben.
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Weller, Peter, 1947-
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Skye, Ione.
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Bonini, Marco.
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Lankester, Guy.
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Donnadieu, Bernard-Pierre.
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Mondello, Romina.
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Ferch, Heino, 1963-
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Volkert, Max.
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Herforth, Martens Ralf.
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Lualdi, Antonella.
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Ferzetti, Gabriele, 1925-2015
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Manfredi, Valerio.
Torre della Solitudine.
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Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
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Beta Film GmbH.
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TaurusFilm GmbH.
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Lionsgate (Firm)
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Standard No. |
012236212591 |
Music No. |
21259 Lionsgate |
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