| Edition |
Full screen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (6 hr., 22 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Sundance documentary collection |
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Sundance documentary collection.
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| Note |
Documentary. |
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Subtitle on disc labels: Accident or cold-blooded murder?. |
| Performer |
Featuring Michael Peterson, David Rudolf, Margaret Ratliff, Martha Ratliff. |
| Note |
Program content: c2004. |
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Episodes run approx. 48 min. |
| System Details |
DVD; stereo. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
The eight episodes of The staircase turn on the question of whether the death of Kathleen Peterson was accidental or whether she was murdered by her husband, author Michael Peterson, presenting behind-the-scenes access to Peterson, his family and friends, investigators, the defense team, and the prosecution as events unfold and each party attempts to come to terms with this bizarre mystery. |
| Contents |
disc 1. episode 1. Crime or accident?. episode 2. Secrets and lies. episode 3. A striking coincidence. episode 4. A prosecution trickery -- disc 2. episode 5. A weak case. episode 6. The prosecution's revenge. episode 7. The blowpoke returns. episode 8. The verdict. |
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Extra features: disc 1. Step by step : the making of The staircase (4 min.). Family & friends : interview outtakes (25 min.) -- disc 2. Filmmaker insights (16 min.). Michael Peterson inteview (14 min.). Filmmaker biographies. About Docurama. Catalog. |
| Note |
"NVG-9733"--Set container. |
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"NVG-9734"--Container, disc 1. |
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"NVG-9735"--Container, disc 2. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Peterson, Michael (Michael I.)
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Peterson, Kathleen, 1953-2001.
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Murder -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Case studies.
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Murder -- Investigation -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Case studies.
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Trials (Murder) -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Case studies.
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Uxoricide -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Case studies.
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Novelists -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Lestrade, Jean-Xavier de.
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Peterson, Michael (Michael I.)
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Rudolf, David S.
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Ratliff, Margaret.
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Ratliff, Martha.
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Poncet, Denis.
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Luchak, Allyson.
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Razavet, Isabelle.
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Brunet, Sophie.
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Stevenson, Scott.
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Bloc, Jean-Pierre.
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Maha Productions.
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Studio Canal+.
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Planète (Firm)
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Docurama (Firm)
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Sundance Channel Home Entertainment.
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New Video Group.
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| ISBN |
0767082311 set |
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9780767082310 set |
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076708232X disc 1 |
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9780767082327 disc 1 |
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0767082338 disc 2 |
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9780767082334 disc 2 |
| Standard No. |
767685973332 |
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767685973431 |
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767685973530 |
| Music No. |
NVG-9733 New Video Group |
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NVG-9734 New Video Group |
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NVG-9735 New Video Group |
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