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Orfeu negro [videorecording] = Black Orpheus / Dispatfilm ; Gemma Cinematografica ; Tupan Filmes ; produced by Sacha Gordine ; directed by Marcel Camus ; original screenplay, Jacques Viot ; adaptation and dialogue, Jacques Viot and Marcel Camus.

Camus, Marcel, 1912-1982 (Director). Gordine, Sacha. (Added Author). Viot, Jacques. (Screenwriter). Bonf,̀ Luiz. (Composer). Jobim, Antonio Carlos. (Composer). Mello, Breno. (Actor). Dawn, Marpessa. (Actor). Oliveira, Lourdes de. (Actor). Garcia, Lǎ, 1933- (Actor). Moraes, Vinc̕ius de. Orfeu da Conceiȯ̂. (Added Author). Lopert Films Inc. (Added Author). Dispatfilm (Firm) (Added Author). Gemma cinematografica (Firm) (Added Author). Tupan Filmes. (Added Author). Janus Films. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lea Garcia, Adhemar Ferreura da Silva, Lourdes de Oliviera. (Cast).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781604652871
  • ISBN: 160465287X
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4.
  • Edition: Special ed.
  • Publisher: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Criterion, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as motion picture in 1959.
Based on the play: Orfeu da conıeicô / Vinicius de Moraes.
"New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container.
Special features: archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; new video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historical Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Looking for Black Orpheus, a French documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today; theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrě Feix, music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa.
Participant or Performer Note:
Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lea Garcia, Adhemar Ferreura da Silva, Lourdes de Oliviera.
Summary, etc.:
"Against a background of the Rio carnival, a black tram driver accidentally kills his girlfriend, and after seeking her in the nether regions kills himself to be with her."--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.; NTSC.
Language Note:
Dialogue in Portuguese or English, English subtitles.
Awards Note:
Academy Award, Best Foreign Film ; Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival.

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24631. ‡aBlack Orpheus
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260 . ‡a[Los Angeles, Calif.] : ‡bCriterion, ‡cc2010.
300 . ‡a2 videodiscs (107 min.) : ‡bsd., col. ; ‡c4 3/4.
4901 . ‡aThe Criterion Collection ; ‡v48.
538 . ‡aDVD, region 1; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.; NTSC.
546 . ‡aDialogue in Portuguese or English, English subtitles.
5111 . ‡aBreno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lea Garcia, Adhemar Ferreura da Silva, Lourdes de Oliviera.
508 . ‡aPhotography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrě Feix, music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa.
500 . ‡aOriginally produced as motion picture in 1959.
500 . ‡aBased on the play: Orfeu da conıeicô / Vinicius de Moraes.
500 . ‡a"New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container.
586 . ‡aAcademy Award, Best Foreign Film ; Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival.
520 . ‡a"Against a background of the Rio carnival, a black tram driver accidentally kills his girlfriend, and after seeking her in the nether regions kills himself to be with her."--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed.
500 . ‡aSpecial features: archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; new video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historical Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Looking for Black Orpheus, a French documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today; theatrical trailer.
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7001 . ‡aMoraes, Vinc̕ius de. ‡tOrfeu da Conceiȯ̂.
7102 . ‡aLopert Films Inc.
7102 . ‡aDispatfilm (Firm)
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7102 . ‡aTupan Filmes.
7102 . ‡aJanus Films.
7102 . ‡aCriterion Collection (Firm)
7300 . ‡aOrfeu negro (Motion picture)
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