| Description |
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer. |
| Cast |
Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Dana Andrews, Milton Berle, James Coburn, John Gielgud, Tab Hunter, Margaret Leighton, Liberace, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Barbara Nichols, Lionel Stander, Rod Steiger. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; supervising editor, Antony Gibbs ; music, John Addison. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. |
| Summary |
A bemused would-be poet gets entangled with an unctuous cemetery entrepreneur, a mom-obsessed mortician and other bizarre characters. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Note |
Special features: New featurette : Trying to offend everyone ; Theatrical trailer. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966 -- Film adaptations.
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Undertakers and undertaking -- California, Southern -- Drama.
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Poets, English -- United States -- Drama.
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Businesspeople -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Mothers and sons -- Drama.
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Pet cemeteries -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Richardson, Tony, 1928-1991.
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Calley, John.
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Wexler, Haskell.
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Southern, Terry.
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
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Morse, Robert, 1931-2022
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Winters, Jonathan.
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Comer, Anjanette, 1939-
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Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992.
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Berle, Milton.
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Coburn, James.
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Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
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Hunter, Tab, 1931-2018
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Leighton, Margaret, 1922-1976.
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Liberace, 1919-1987.
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McDowall, Roddy.
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Morley, Robert.
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Nichols, Barbara, 1929-1976.
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Stander, Lionel.
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Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002.
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Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.
Loved one.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Filmways Pictures.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419822764 |
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9781419822766 |
| Standard No. |
012569678224 |
| Music No. |
67822 Warner Home Video |
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