| Description |
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
| Cast |
Jo Vukelich, Jeffrey Golden, Marilyn White, John Schneider, Marcus Monroe, Raeleen McMillion, Krista Granbow. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Eigil Bryld ; narrator, Ian Holm ; art director, Carol Hirschi ; editor, Jinx Godfrey ; costume designer, Ellen Kozak. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. |
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Adapted from the book "Wisconsin death trip" by Michael Lesy. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Based on authentic historical records, this gives a chilling account of the disaster that befell one small town in Wisconsin in the 1890's. Black River Falls seems gripped by a peculiar madness, and its weekly newspaper is full of bizarre stories of violent death and wildly eccentric behavior. As epidemics decimate the infant population and the local economy collapses, the townsfolk are haunted by ghosts, possessed by demons, and terrorized by a cocaine-snorting, window-smashing madwoman. |
| Note |
Special features: director & director of photography commentary track; deleted scenes; "Midwestern gothic: the making-of 'Wisconsin death trip'"; essay by Greil Marcus. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Reporters and reporting -- Drama.
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Violent deaths -- Drama.
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Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Drama.
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Black River Falls (Wis.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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Historical films.
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| Added Author |
Ryan, Maureen A., 1962-
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Marsh, James.
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Vukelich, Jo.
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Golden, Jeffrey.
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White, Marilyn.
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Schneider, John R., 1951-
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Monroe, Marcus, 1985-
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McMillion, Raeleen.
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Grambow, Krista.
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Bryld, Eigil.
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Holm, Ian, 1931-2020
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Hirschi, Carol.
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Godfrey, Jinx.
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Kozak, Ellen.
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Lesy, Michael, 1945-
Wisconsin death trip.
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Cinemax (Firm)
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Arena Films (Firm)
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Hands On (Firm)
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Cinemax Reel Life (Firm)
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Arena (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0780027620 |
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9780780027626 |
| Standard No. |
037429183625 |
| Music No. |
WIS010 Home Vision Entertainment |
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