Gandhi
DVD - 2007
A look at the life of Indian statesman and nationalist Mahatma Gandhi, focusing especially on his theory of non-violent resistance.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Epic films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Culver City, Calif. :
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
[2007]
- Language
- English
French
Portuguese
Spanish
Korean - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Second-disc collector's edition; twenty-fifth anniversary edition; anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:first)
- Item Description
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982.
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by Attenborough (in English, with optional Korean, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles); optional introduction to the film by Attenborough (1 min.).
Special features (disc 2, 134 min. total, in English with optional subtitles in Korean, Japanese, Portuguese or Spanish): "Designing Gandhi", 3 mini featurettes with production designer Stuart Craig (5 min. total); "In search of Gandhi" featurette (9 min.); "Looking back" featurette (18 min.); "Madeleine Slade : an Englishwoman abroad" featurette (10 min.); "Reflections on Ben" featurette (9 min.); "Shooting an epic in India" featurette (18 min.); "The funeral" featurette (14 min.); "The words of Mahatma Gandhi" featurette (2 min.); vintage newsreel footage (10 min. total); "Ben Kingsley talks about 'Gandhi'" interview (19 min.); "From the director's chair" 2 short interviews with Attenborough (10 min. total); photo gallery of vintage lobby cards; "The making of 'Gandhi' : video montage" (5 min.); "Milestones in the life of Gandhi" interactive timeline; trailer (5 min.). - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (DVD)(191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English, Dolby digital surround in French, Portuguese or Spanish.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: PG.
- Awards
- Academy Awards, USA, 1983: Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Ben Kingsley) ; Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing, Michael Seirton) ; Best Cinematography (Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor) ; Best Costume Design (John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya) ; Best Director (Richard Attenborough) ; Best Film Editing (John Bloom) ; Best Picture ; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (John Briley).
- Production Credits
- Directors of photography, Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor ; film editor, John Bloom ; music, Ravi Shankar ; orchestral score and additional music, George Fenton.
- ISBN
- 9781424840946
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