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Summary:

The singular fantasia from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger is cinema's quintessential backstage drama, as well as one of the most glorious Technicolor feasts ever concocted for the screen. Moira Shearer is a rising star ballerina torn between an idealistic composer and a ruthless impresario intent on perfection. Featuring outstanding performances, blazingly beautiful cinematography by Jack Cardiff, Oscar-winning sets and music, and an unforgettable, hallucinatory central dance sequence, this beloved classic, dazzlingly restored, stands as an enthralling tribute to the life of the artist.

Contributors:

Powell, Michael, 1905-1990 , film director

Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988 , film director

Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006 , actor

Walbrook, Anton, 1896-1967 , actor

Goring, Marius, 1912-1998 , actor

Cardiff, Jack , director of photography

Mills, Reginald, 1912-1990 , film editor

Easdale, Brian, 1909-1995 , composer

Heckroth, Hein , production designer

Lawson, Arthur, 1908-1970 , art director

Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986 , choreographer

General Film Distributors , distribution company

Technicolor, Inc. , colorist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/clr

Independent Producers, Ltd. , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Main Work:

Red shoes (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 44

Subjects:

Ballerinas — Drama

Ballet companies — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Drama

Ballerinas

Ballet companies

Man-woman relationships

Genres:

Motion pictures

4K UHD disc

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Dance films

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Romance films

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; monaural.
NOTICE: 4K UHD discs require a 4K UHD Blu-ray player.

Performers:

Cast: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Jack Cardiff ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music, Brian Easdale ; production designer, Hein Heckroth ; art director, Arthur Lawson ; choreographer, Robert Helpmann.

General Notes:

Title from container.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
Special features: restoration demonstration with filmmaker Martin Scorsese; audio commentary from 1994 by film scholar Ian Christie, featuring interviews with actors Marius Goring and Moira Shearer; a profile of "The Red Shoes," a 2000 documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team; interview with director Michael Powell's widow, editor Thelma Schoomaker Powell, from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival; audio recordings of actor Jeremy Irons reading excerpts from Powell and Pressburger's novelization of The Red Shoes and the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Red Shoes"; publicity stills and behind-the-scenes photos; gallery of memorabilia from Scorsese's collection; The "Red Shoes" sketches, a 1948 animated film of Hein Heckroth's painted storyboards, with the Red Shoes ballet as an alternate angle; trailer; plus an essay by critic David Ehrenstein and a description of the restoration by film preservationist Robert Gitt.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono

Film Characteristics:

1.37:1; full screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; region A

Call Numbers:

RED 1948 BLU

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515267113 (container)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3320UHDBD-2 (Blu-ray)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3320UHDBD (container)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3320UHDBD-1 (4K UHD)

OCLC Numbers:

1288345775