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D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation

Title
  1. D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation [DVD] / David W. Griffith Corporation ; directed and produced by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Published by
  1. New York : Kino Lorber, c2011.

Details

Additional authors
  1. Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
  2. Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.
  3. Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
  4. Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
  5. Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946.
Description
  1. 3 videodiscs (192 min.) : si., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. A tale of the Civil War from the South's point of view, set around a love story between Gish and Walthall.
Series statement
  1. Kino classics
Uniform title
  1. Kino classics.
Alternative title
  1. Birth of a nation
Subject
  1. Ku Klux Klan (19th century) > Fiction
  2. Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
  3. American Civil War (1861-1865)
  4. Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
  5. 1861-1877
  6. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  7. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction
  8. United States
Genre/Form
  1. War films.
  2. Historical films.
  3. Silent films.
  4. Feature films.
  5. Fiction.
  6. History.
Contents
  1. Disc 1: The 2011 restoration -- Disc 2: The 1993 restoration and The making of 'The birth of a nation' -- Disc 3: Bonus films and documents.
Note
  1. DVDs.
  2. Disc label title.
  3. Originally released as a motion picture in 1915.
  4. Based on the novel The clansman by Thomas Dixon.
  5. Includes newly mastered version and restored version (1993) by David Shephard of Film Preservation Associates.
  6. "Color tinted"--Container.
  7. Standard version.
  8. Special features include: spoken introduction by D.W. Griffith and Walter Huston (including the newly rediscovered intermission sequence), making-of featurette, Civil War shorts directed by D.W. Griffith, New York vs. The birth of a nation -- archival documents pertaining to the censorship battles over the film's 1922 re-release, excerpts of souvenir program books.
Credits (note)
  1. Directed by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith Bitzer ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Performer (note)
  1. Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh.
System details (note)
  1. DVDs, Dolby 5.1 surround.
Terms of use (note)
  1. For home use only.
Language (note)
  1. Silent film with English intertitles and musical score.
Title
  1. D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation [DVD] / David W. Griffith Corporation ; directed and produced by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Imprint
  1. New York : Kino Lorber, c2011.
Edition
  1. Deluxe 3-disc ed.
Series
  1. Kino classics
  2. Kino classics.
Cast
  1. Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh.
System details
  1. DVDs, Dolby 5.1 surround.
Terms of use
  1. For home use only.
Language
  1. Silent film with English intertitles and musical score.
Credits
  1. Directed by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith Bitzer ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Chronological term
  1. 1861-1877
Added author
  1. Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
  2. Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.
  3. Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
  4. Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
  5. Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946. Clansman.
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