Barbarella
Paramount; a Dino De Laurentiis production; screenplay by Terry Southern and Roger Vadim in collaboration with Claude Brule [and 5 others]; produced by Dino De Laurentiis; directed by Roger Vadim; a franco-italo coproduction by Marianne Productions, S.A.-Paris, Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, S.p.A.-Rome
- Resource Type:
- Blu-ray Video
- Edition:
- Limited edition Blu-ray
- Creation:
- 1968
- Publication:
- [United States] : Arrow Video, [2023]
More Details
- Summary:
- It is the year 40,000 AD. When evil scientist Durand Durand creates a deadly weapon with the potential to cause mass devastation, the President of Earth dispatches Barbarella to hunt him down. Crash-landing in an icy wilderness somewhere within the Tau Ceti planetary system, Barbarella is rescued by Mark Hand, and guided by the blind angel Pygar to Durand's lair in Sogo, a city of corruption and debauchery, where an encounter with the Great Tyrant Black Queen and her minions throws her mission into jeopardy.
- Table of Contents:
- Disc one. Feature
- Disc two. Extras.
- Contributors:
- Vadim, Roger , film director, scrrenwriterDe Laurentiis, Dino , film producerSouthern, Terry , screenwriterBrulé, Claude , screenwriterFonda, Jane, 1937- , actorLaw, John Phillip, 1937-2008 , actorPallenberg, Anita, 1944-2017 , actorO'Shea, Milo, 1926-2013 , actorMarceau, Marcel , actorDauphin, Claude, 1903-1978 , actorHemmings, David, 1941-2003 , actorMarianne Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnDino de Laurentiis cinematografica , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnParamount Pictures Corporation , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fdsArrow Video (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl
- Language Notes:
- Dialogue in English or French; subtitles in English.
- Included Works:
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Barbarella [by Forest, J.C.]
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- Blu-ray; region A; Dolby Atmos surround (English); Dolby Audio mono.
- Performers:
- Cast: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, Marcel Marceau, Claude Dauphin, David Hemmings, Ugo Tognazzi.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Claude Renoir ; lyrics and music, Bob Crewe, Charles Fox ; editor, Victoria Mercanton.
- General Notes:
- Description based on: Title from container.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.
Based on the novel by Jean Claude Forest.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Special features on disc one: Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas; alternate opening and closing credits; isolated score track -- on disc two: Another girl, another planet (by film critic Glenn Kenny); Barbarella forever (Paul Joyce's behind-the-scenes featurette); Love (a two-hour discussion between film and cultural historians Tim Lucas & Steve Bissette); Dress to kill, (a 30 minute interview with film fashion scholar Elizabeth Castaldo Lunden); Framing for Claude; Tognazzi on Tognazzi (actor/director Ricky Tognazzi discusses the life and work of his father Ugo Tognazzi); An angel's body double (actor Fabio Testi discusses his early career as a stuntsman and body double for John Phillip Law); Dino and Barbarella (a video essay by Eugenio Ercolani discussing Dino de Laurentiis' role in the film); trailer; U.S. TV and radio spots; image gallery. - Audience:
- Rating: Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (117 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm), 1 poster and 6 cards.
- Physical Characteristics:
- 4 3/4 in.; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical; mono; surround; Dolby Atmos; Dolby Audio
- Film Characteristics:
- 2.35:1; wide screen
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; Blu-ray; region A
- Call Numbers:
- BAR 1968 BLU
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 760137139461
Publisher Number, Arrow Video: AV542 (container)
Publisher Number, Arrow Video: AV542/A (disc one)
Publisher Number, Arrow Video: AV542/B (disc two) - OCLC Numbers:
- 1401571719