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Title Die Blechtrommel = The tin drum / Janus Films ; produced by Franz Seitz ; screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière, Franz Seitz, Volker Schlöndorff ; directed by Volker Schlöndorff.

Publication Info. [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2004.
1979.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  FOREIGN AD DVD TIN DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD FOREIGN TIN DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  FOREIGN FILM DVD TIN DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Edition Special edition.
Description 2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Series Criterion Collection ; 234
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 234.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 or 1.0 mono (feature); dual-layer disc.
Cast Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski.
Credits Art director, Nicos Perakis; director of photography, Igor Luther ; editor, Suzanne Baron ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Based on: Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass.
Audience Not rated.
Summary Danzig, 1924. Oskar Matzerath is born with an intellect beyond his infancy. As he witnesses the hypocrisy of adulthood and the irresponsibility of society, Oskar rejects both, and, on his third birthday, refuses to grow. Caught in a baffling state of perpetual childhood, Oskar lashes out at all he surveys with piercing screams and frantic poundings on his tin drum, while the unheeding, chaotic world marches onward to the madness and folly of World War II..
Note Bonus features: Audio commentary by director and co-writer Volker Schlöndorff; Isolated score by Maurice Jarre; Deleted scenes featuring commentary by Volker Schlöndorff; Volker Schlöndorff remembers The tin drum; Excerpts from French television broadcasts: video interviews with Schlöndorff and actor David Bennent at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, interview with Schlöndorff after winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes, Schlöndorff and Günter Grass on location during filming, co-scriptwriter Jean-Claude Carrière and actor Mario Adorf discussing their work with Schlöndorff and Grass; "The platform" : a comparison of the filmed scene and a rare 1987 recording of Günter Grass reading the excerpt from his novel with musical accompaniment from percussionist, Günter "Baby" Sommer; Reprinted excerpt from the original screenplay's unfilmed ending; Banned in Oklahoma : a documentary by Gary D. Rhodes following the child pornography lawsuit involving The tin drum; Production stills; Original theatrical trailer.
GMD: videorecording.
Local Note WNPLFFDVD
Language In German with optional English subtitles.
Subject Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Drama.
Boys -- Germany -- 1945-1955 -- Drama.
Grass, Günter, 1927-2015 -- Film adaptations.
Added Author Schlöndorff, Volker.
Adorf, Mario.
Winkler, Angela, 1944-
Bennent, David.
Thalbach, Katharina, 1954-
Olbrychski, Daniel.
Luther, Igor.
Baron, Suzanne.
Jarre, Maurice.
Insdorf, Annette.
Grass, Günter, 1927-2015. Blechtrommel.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Note Tin drum
ISBN 0780027973
9780780027978
Standard No. 037429187128
Music No. TIN020 Criterion Collection
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