Riot in cell block 11 /
A sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras.
| Other Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Published: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Dual format edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
704. |
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| Summary: | A sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New audio commentary by film scholar Matthew H. Bernstein; Excerpts from the director's 1993 autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by his son Kristoffer Tabori; Excerpts from Stuart Kaminsky's 1974 book Don Siegel: Director, read by Tabori; Excerpts from the 1953 NBC radio documentary series "The challenge of our prisions". |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray, region A, fullscreen (1.37:1); Dolby Digital mono; requires Blu-ray player; dual layer. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Bruce B. Pierce ; music, Herschel Gilbert. |