| Edition |
2-DVD edition. |
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Widescreen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
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Criterion collection.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.85:1); mono. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ellis W. Carter; film editor, Al Joseph. |
| Cast |
Randy Stuart, Grant Williams, April Kent, Paul Langton. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Richard Matheson. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
| Summary |
Existentialism goes pop in this benchmark of atomic-age science fiction, a superlative adaptation of a novel by the legendary Richard Matheson that has awed and unnerved generations of viewers with the question, What is humanity₂s place amid the infinity of the universe? Six months after being exposed to a mysterious radiation cloud, suburban everyman Scott Carey finds himself becoming smaller⁵ and smaller⁵ and smaller until he₂s left to fend for himself in a world in which ordinary cats, mousetraps, and spiders pose a mortal threat, all while grappling with a diminishing sense of himself. Directed by the prolific creature-feature impresario Jack Arnold with ingenious optical effects and a transcendent metaphysical ending, The Incredible Shrinking Man gazes with wonder and trepidation into the unknowable vastness of the cosmic void. |
| Note |
Special features: New audio commentary with Tom Weaver and David Schecter; new program on the film's special effects by Craig Barron and Ben Burtt; new conversation between Joe Dante and Dana Gould; Auteur on campus: Jack Arnold at Universal (Director's cut) (2021); interview from 2016 with Richard Cristian Matheson; interview with Jack Arnold from 1983; 8mm home-cinema version from 1957; trailer and teaser narrated by Orson Welles; essay by Geoffrey O'Brien. |
| Subject |
Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013 -- Film adaptations.
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Radioactive substances -- Drama.
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Human beings -- Effect of radiation on -- Drama.
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Radioactivity -- Drama.
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Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013. (OCoLC)fst01898582
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Radioactive substances. (OCoLC)fst01087736
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Radioactivity. (OCoLC)fst01088014
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| Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Horror films. (OCoLC)fst01710373
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Science fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710407
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Science fiction films.
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Horror films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Arnold, Jack, 1916-1992, film director.
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Zugsmith, Albert, film producer.
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Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013, screenwriter.
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Williams, Grant, 1931-1985, actor.
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Stuart, Randy, 1924-1996, actor.
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Kent, April, -1998, actor.
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Langton, Paul, 1913-1980, actor.
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Carter, Ellis, director of photography.
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Joseph, Albrecht, 1901-1991, editor of moving image work.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013.
Incredible shrinking man.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681438856 |
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1681438852 |
| Standard No. |
715515265218 |
| Music No. |
CC3303DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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