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Metzengerstein is the tale of a young woman who believes the spirit of the cousin she loved, killed in a stable fire she started, is in a horse that escaped. William Wilson is the story of a mean-spirited Austrian officer who kills his doppelgänger in a duel. Toby Dammit is about a film star who tak...

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Main Authors: Prodromidès, Jean (Composer), Masson, Diego (Composer), Rota, Nino, 1911-1979 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Marceau Cocinor (Firm), Produzioni Europee Associate, Home Vision (Firm), Public Media Incorporated (Wilmette, Ill.), Janus Films
Other Authors: Fonda, Jane, 1937- (Actor), Fonda, Peter, 1940-2019 (Actor), Bardot, Brigitte (Actor), Delon, Alain, 1935- (Actor), Stamp, Terence (Actor), Vadim, Roger (Director), Malle, Louis, 1932-1995 (Director), Fellini, Federico (Director), Renoir, Claude, 1914-1993 (Cinematographer), Delli Colli, Tonino (Cinematographer), Rotunno, Giuseppe (Cinematographer), Plemiannikov, Hélène, 1936- (Editor), Arcalli, Franco (Editor), Mastroianni, Ruggero (Editor), Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:In French with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Chicago, Illinois] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2001]
Series:Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Film adaptations.
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849.
Reincarnation > Drama.
Dueling > Austria > Drama.
Dueling.
Reincarnation.
Austria.
Feature films > France.
Feature films > Italy.
Foreign language films > French.
Film adaptations.
Anthology films.
Horror films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
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Summary:Metzengerstein is the tale of a young woman who believes the spirit of the cousin she loved, killed in a stable fire she started, is in a horse that escaped. William Wilson is the story of a mean-spirited Austrian officer who kills his doppelgänger in a duel. Toby Dammit is about a film star who takes off on a drunken spree after his film is completed.
Item Description:Based on three tales by Edgar Allan Poe.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; aspect ratio: 1.75:1; mono sound format.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Metzengerstein: directed by Roger Vadim ; screenplay by Roger Vadim, Pascal Cousin, Clement Biddlewood ; cinematographer, Claude Renoir ; editor, Helene Plemiannkov ; music, Jean Prodromides.
William Wilson: directed by Louis Malle ; screenplay by Louis Malle and Clement Biddlewood ; cinematographer, Tonino delli Colli ; editor, Franco Arcalli ; music, Diego Masson.
Toby Dammit: directed by Federico Fellini ; liberally adapted from Edgar A. Poe's novel Don't wager your head to the devil ; cinematography, Tonino delli Colli, Giuseppe Rotunno ; editor, Ruggero Mostroianni ; music, Nino Rota.
Cinematographers, Claude Renoir, Tonino delli Colli, Giuseppe Rotunno; editors, Helene Plemiannkov, Franco Arcalli, Ruggero Mostroianni; music, Jean Prodromides , Diego Masson, Nino Rota.
ISBN:0780024532
9780780024533