Sullivan's Travels
A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
c2001.
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| Series: | Criterion collection ;
118. |
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| Summary: | A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter. |
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| Item Description: | Aspect ratio 1.33:1. Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. "Janus Films." Special features: audio commentary by Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean ; Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer, a 76-minute documentary made by Kenneth Bowser for PBS's American masters series ; interview with Preston Sturges' widow Sandy Sturges ; Hedda Hopper interview with Preston Sturges ; archival audio recordings of Sturges singing his original composition My love and reciting the poem If I were king ; storyboards and blueprints ; production stills archive ; scrapbook of original publicity materials ; original theatrical trailer. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Audience: | Not rated by MPAA. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music, Leo Shuken and Charles Bradshaw. |
| ISBN: | 1559409193 9781559409193 |
