| Edition |
Special edition,full screen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 44 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 44.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen presentation (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jack Cardiff; choreography, Robert Helpmann; editor, Reginald Mills; music composed, conducted and arranged by, Brian Easdale; ballet music conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. |
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Based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. |
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Special features: Audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie, including interviews with Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Jack Cardiff, Brian Easdale and Martin Scorsese; Audio of actor Jeremy Irons reading excerpts from Powell and Pressburger's novelization of The Red shoes and from Hans Christian Anderson's original fairy tale; Profile of The red shoes : a documentary on the making of the film; Video interview with Michael Powell's widow, editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell; Martin Scorsese's collection of Red shoes memorabilia; Publicity and production stills; "The Red shoes sketches" : an animated film of Hein Heckroth's painted storyboards, with a comparison to The Red shoes ballet; Original theatrical trailer; Powell and Pressburger filmography, with film clips and stills; Theatrical trailer. |
| Summary |
Moira Shearer is a rising star ballerina torn between an idealistic composer and a ruthless impresario intent on perfection. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Ballerinas -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.
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Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.
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Rank, J. Arthur, 1888-1972.
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Winter, Keith, 1906-1983.
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Walbrook, Anton, 1896-1967.
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Goring, Marius, 1912-1998.
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Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986.
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Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006.
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Easdale, Brian, 1909-1995.
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Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.
Røde sko.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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ITV Global Entertainment.
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| ISBN |
9781604652895 |
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1604652896 |
| Standard No. |
715515059411 |
| Music No. |
CC1907 The Criterion Collection |
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