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Under the volcano
2007

DVD

Withering from alcoholism, British consul Geoffrey Firmin stumbles through a small Mexican village amidst the Day of the Dead fiesta, attempting to reconnect with his estranged wife, but only further alienating himself.

Item Details

Description:

  • 2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : color illustrations).
  • polychrome
  • digital
  • optical
  • mono
  • video file
  • DVD video

Notes:

  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
  • Based on the novel by Malcolm Lowry.
  • Special features include: Disc 1, audio commentaries featuring executive producer Michael Fitzgerald and producers Wieland Schulz-Keil and Moritz Borman on the film; screenwriter Guy Gallo on selected screnes; and actor and filmmaker Danny Huston, John Huston's son, on the main title sequence; Theatrical trailer; disc 2, New video interview with actress Jacqueline Bisset; Notes from "Under the Volcano" (1984), an hour-long documentary on the film's production, directed by Gary Gonklin; Volcano: an inquiry into the life and death of Malcolm Lowry (1976), filmmaker Donald Brittain's 99-minute, Acadeny Award-nominated documentary, narrated by Richard Burton, about Under the Volcano author Malculm Lowry; Audio interview with John Huston from 1984.
  • Booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar and critic Christian Viviani in DVD case.
  • Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews.

Publisher or Distributor Number: 410

Control Number: 530710

Publisher: [New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2007]
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