Vanya on 42nd Street Louis Malle [videorecording] =

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Louis Malle

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TextLanguage: English Summary language: English Original language: English Series: The Criterion Collection ; Vol. 599Publication details: USA Channel Four Films Mayfair Entertainment The Vanya Company 1994Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inLOC classification:

PN1997 .V369 1994

Summary: From case cover: In the early nineties, theater director Andre Gergory mounted a series of spare, private performances of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in a crumbling Manhattan playhouse. This experiment in pure theater--featuring a remarkable cast of actors, including Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Brooke Smith, and George Gaynes--would have been lost to time has it not been captured on film, with subtle cinematic brilliance, by Louis Malle. Vanya on 42nd Street is as memorable and emotional a screen version of Chekhov's masterpiece as one could ever hope to see. This film, which turned out to be Malle's last, is a tribute to the playwright's devastating work as well as to the creative process itself.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-E: DVD Cabinet E	PN1997 .V369 1994	Available	Feature Film		001051
Reference	SILC Learning Support Services DH132AA - Receiption/Circulation	PN1997 .V369 1994	Not for loan	Essay		001053

Special features include:
- Documentary featuring interviews with Andre Gregory, the play's director; actors Lynn Cohen, George Gaynes, Julianne Moore, Larry Pine, Wallace Shawn and Brooke Smith and producer Fred Berner

From case cover:
In the early nineties, theater director Andre Gergory mounted a series of spare, private performances of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in a crumbling Manhattan playhouse. This experiment in pure theater--featuring a remarkable cast of actors, including Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Brooke Smith, and George Gaynes--would have been lost to time has it not been captured on film, with subtle cinematic brilliance, by Louis Malle. Vanya on 42nd Street is as memorable and emotional a screen version of Chekhov's masterpiece as one could ever hope to see. This film, which turned out to be Malle's last, is a tribute to the playwright's devastating work as well as to the creative process itself.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; NTSC; Regions 1; 1.66:1 as 16:9 widescreen.

English audio.

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