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Indiscretion of an American wife & Terminal Station
Indiscretion of an American wife and Terminal Station
Vittorio de Sica's Indiscretion of an American wife & Terminal Station
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videodisc (72, 89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([12] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
An American housewife (Jennifer Jones) vacationing in Italy reluctantly decides to put an end to her brief affair with an Italian academic (Montgomery Clift). She flees to Rome's Stazione Termini, where she bids him farewell, but he begs her to stay. The film's plot is simple; its production was not. The troubled collaboration between director Vittorio De Sica and producer David O. Selznick resulted in two cuts of the same film. De Sica's version, Terminal Station, was screened at a length of one-and-a-half hours, but after disappointing previews, Selznick severely re-edited it and changed the title to Indiscretion of an American Wife without De Sica's permission. The Criterion Collection is proud to present both versions of this controversial release.
a David O. Selznick presentation ; screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, Luigi Chiarini, Giorgio Prosperi ; produced and directed by Vittorio de Sica ; dialogue by Truman Capote.
Based on the story: Terminal station / Cesare Zavattini.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: New high-definition digital transfers of both versions of the film, with restored image and sound -- Indiscretion of an American wife: Selznick's 72-minute cut, including the Patti Page-performed overture "Autumn in Rome" and "Indiscretion" -- Terminal Station (Stazione Termini): De Sica's original 89-minute version -- Commentary by film scholar and writer Leonard Leff on Indiscretion of an American wife -- Original theatrical trailer -- Publicity sketches and original newspaper ads.
Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Richard Beymer.
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Associate producers, Marcello Girosi, Wolfgang Reinhardt ; music by Alessandro Cicognini ; conducted by Franco Ferrara ; photographed by Aldo Graziati ; edited by Eraldo da Roma.
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 202