George Stevens: a filmmaker's journey
produced, written and directed by George Stevens, Jr.; a production of the Creative Film Center, Inc.
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1984
- Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Creative Film Center, [2004]
- Distribution:
- Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video
- Copyright:
- ©2004
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- Summary:
- A film biography of a movie director usually includes conventional genre trappings, like clips of great scenes and memories of old colleagues, as indeed this film does. Mainly, this is an engrossing tour through the George Stevens career that provides a greater understanding of his background, talent, creative preoccupations, and especially the experiences in World War II that irrevocably changed his approach to film making. As head of the Special Coverage unit documenting the war on film, Stevens took the only known color footage of the ground war in Europe, including the liberation of Paris and the horrors of Dachau. If his movies hold a mirror up to America, it is because his personal principles paralleled the highest aspirations of this country. In his films, Stevens offered as much insight on American life and character as he could muster.
- Table of Contents:
- Life is a journey
- "Alice Adams"
- Early life
- Hollywood
- Laurel and Hardy
- "Swing Time"/"Never Gonna Dance"
- "Gunga Din"
- "Woman of the Year"
- "The More the Merrier"
- War in Europe
- Liberation of Paris
- Dachau
- "I Remember Mama"
- "A Place in the Sun"
- 1950 Directors Guild controversy
- "Shane"
- "Giant"
- "The Diary of Anne Frank"
- "The Greatest Story Ever Told"
- That's him
- End credits.
- Contributors:
- Stevens, George, Jr., 1932- , screenwriter, director, producerAstaire, Fred , commentatorFairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000 , commentatorHepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003 , commentatorMcCrea, Joel, 1905-1990 , commentatorRogers, Ginger, 1911-1995 , commentatorPerkins, Millie, 1938- , commentatorSydow, Max von, 1929-2020 , commentatorBeatty, Warren, 1937- , commentatorCapra, Frank, 1897-1991 , commentatorHuston, John, 1906-1987 , commentatorMamoulian, Rouben , commentatorMankiewicz, Joseph L. , commentatorPakula, Alan J., 1928-1998 , commentatorZinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997 , commentatorBerman, Pandro S., 1905-1996 , commentatorRoach, Hal, 1892-1992 , commentatorHowell, Yvonne, 1905-2010 , commentatorPan, Hermes, 1905-1990 , commentatorShaw, Irwin, 1913-1984 , commentatorSher, Jack, 1913-1988 , commentatorVellani, Toni , commentatorDavis, Carl, 1936- , composer
- Language Notes:
- In English, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital mono; standard full screen version, preserving the 1.33:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition.
- Performers:
- Narrator, George Stevens, Jr.; Jean Arthur, Fred Astaire, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Rock Hudson, Sam Jaffe, Alan Ladd, Joel McCrea, Fred MacMurray, Jack Palance, Millie Perkins, Ginger Rogers, Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Max Von Sydow, Shelley Winters, Warren Beatty, Frank Capra, John Huston, Rouben Mamoulian, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Alan J. Pakula, Fred Zinnemann; with Pandro Berman, Hal Roach, Yvonne Stevens, Hermes Pan, Irwin Shaw, Jack Sher, Toni Vellani.
- Production Credits:
- Camera, Juan Ruiz-Ancha, Tom Hurwitz, Don Lenzer [and others] ; supervising editor, Susan Winslow ; film editor, Catherine Shields ; original music by Carl Davis ; research, Caroline Stevens.
- General Notes:
- Originally produced as an American documentary in 1984.
Special features: George Stevens [text feature]. - Audience:
- MPAA Rating: Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical; stereo; Dolby
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- GEO 1984 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0790799790
9780790799797 - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 012569468023
Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: 4680 - OCLC Numbers:
- 57349751