| Description |
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Note |
Title from title screen. |
| Cast |
Christopher Plummer, John Plumpis. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. |
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Based on the play "Barrymore" written by William Luce and directed by Gene Saks. |
| Event |
Filmed live at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre in Toronto, Canada. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
A filmed play of Christopher Plummer in his Tony Award winning performance as iconic stage and screen idol John Barrymore. At the height of his remarkable career, John Barrymore was the most celebrated entertainer of his generation. The reigning king of both Broadway and Hollywood, his decline and fall from grace was the tragic result of a self-destructive spiral into vice and excess. And now, with his career in tatters, he makes one final attempt to reclaim his former glory on the stage in this powerful, heartbreaking, humorous and compassionate portrait of a tortured soul and living legend. |
| Note |
Special features: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Backstage with Barrymore." |
| Language |
In English; [English subtitles]. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Barrymore, John, 1882-1942 -- Drama.
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Actors -- United States -- Drama.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- Drama.
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Theater -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Canuel, Erik.
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Drabinsky, Garth, 1949-
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Plummer, Christopher.
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Plumpis, John.
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Luce, William.
Barrymore.
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Kalafer, Steve.
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LeDonne, Peter.
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Peapack Company (Firm)
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RLJ Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
014381845921 |
| Music No. |
ID8459YRDVD Image Entertainment |
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