The fugitive kind
(DVD)

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Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (13 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
ISBN
9781604652703
UPC
715515057219

Notes

General Note
Based on the play "Orpheus Descending" by Tennessee Williams as produced on Broadway by Robert Whitehead for Producers Theatre, Inc.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960.
General Note
Special features Disc 2: "Sidney Lumet" interview with director Sidney Lumet; "Hollywood's Tennessee and The fugitive kind" historians Robert Bray and R. Barton Palmer discuss film adaptations of Tennessee's plays; "Three plays by Tennessee Williams" an hour long television presentation of three one-act plays (Moony's kid don't cry, The last of my solid gold watches, This property is condemned). Booklet: "When Sidney went to Tennessee" essay by David Thomson.
Creation/Production Credits
Music composed and conducted by Kenyon Hopkins ; art direction, Richard Sylbert ; film editor, Carl Lerner ; assistant director, Charles H. Maguire ; costume designer, Frank Thompson ; set decorations, Eugene Callahan ; associate producer, George Justin.
Participants/Performers
Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, John Baragrey, Virgilia Chew, Sally Gracie, Ben Yaffee, Lucille Benson, Joe Brown, Jr., Emory Richardson, Mary Perry, Nell Harrison, Spivy, Janice Mars.
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A smoldering, snakeskin-jacketed Val Xavier is a guitar-strumming drifter trying to go straight. He finds work and solace in a Southern small-town variety store run by Lady Torrance, who's lonely, sexually frustrated, and abused by her vile, deathly ill husband, and who proves as much a temptation for Val as local wild child Carol, who tries to seduce him.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation enhanced for (16:9) televisions; Dolby digital mono.
Language
Closed-captioned; English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Williams, T., Roberts, M., Kaufman, B., Jurow, M., Shepherd, R. A., Lumet, S., Brando, M., Magnani, A., Woodward, J., Stapleton, M., Jory, V., Armstrong, R. G. 1., Baragrey, J., Chew, V., Gracie, S., Yaffee, B., Benson, L., Brown, J., Richardson, E., Perry, M., Harrison, N., Spivy, M., Mars, J., Hopkins, K., Sylbert, R., Lerner, C., Maguire, C. H., Thompson, F. L., Williams, T., & Thomson, D. (2010). The fugitive kind. Widescreen edition. [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Tennessee Williams et al.. 2010. The Fugitive Kind. [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Tennessee Williams et al., The Fugitive Kind. [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection, 2010.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Williams, Tennessee, et al. The Fugitive Kind. Widescreen edition. [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection, 2010. DVD.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2010. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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