Punishment park /
In a desert zone in California, a civilian tribunal sentences groups of dissidents and gives them the option of participating in law enforcement exercises in the Bear Montain National Punishment Park. Now these prisoners have to fight for their lives.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English dialogue, English or French subtitles. |
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[New York] :
New Yorker Video,
[2005]
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| Series: | Cinema of Peter Watkins.
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| Summary: | In a desert zone in California, a civilian tribunal sentences groups of dissidents and gives them the option of participating in law enforcement exercises in the Bear Montain National Punishment Park. Now these prisoners have to fight for their lives. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Special features: Specially-filmed 28 minute introduction by Peter Watkins; feature-length audio commentary by Dr. Joseph A. Gomez; "The forgotten faces" (1961), an 18 minute amateur film recreating the 1956 Hungarian revolution; 24 page booklet with chapter on 'Punishment park' from Joseph Gomez's 1979 book "Peter Watkins" plus full cast and credits; text essay by media critic Scott macDonald on audience responses to 'Punishment park'; Peter Watkins filmography; original 1971 press kit. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + ; 1 booklet (24 pages) |
| Format: | DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Photographer, Joan Churchill ; art director, David Hancock ; editors, Peter Watkins, Terry Hodel ; music, Paul Motian. |
| ISBN: | 156730396X 9781567303964 |