Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Village of the damned (Motion picture : 1995)

Title:

Village of the damned / Universal Pictures presents an Alphaville production ; screenplay by David Himmelstein ; produced by Michael Preger and Sandy King ; directed by John Carpenter.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

"Something is terribly wrong in the tiny village of Midwich. After an unseen force invades a quiet coastal town, ten women mysteriously find themselves pregnant. Local physician Dr. Alan Chaffee and government scientist Dr. Susan Verner join forces when the women simultaneously give birth-- and the reign of horror begins"--Container

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R.

Subjects:

Human-alien encounters -- Drama.

Extraterrestrial beings -- Drama.

Genre:

Science fiction films.

Horror films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Feature films.

Other Author:

Reeve, Christopher, 1952-2004, actor.

Alley, Kirstie, actor.

Kozlowski, Linda, actor.

Paré, Michael, actor.

Hamill, Mark, actor.

Salenger, Meredith, actor.

Jason, Peter, 1944-2025 actor.

Forslund, Constance, actor.

Pearthree, Pippa, actor.

Kahn, Karen, 1952- actor.

Dekker, Thomas, 1987- actor.

Haun, Lindsey, 1984- actor.

Himmelstein, David, screenwriter.

Preger, Michael, producer.

King, Sandy, 1952- producer.

Carpenter, John, 1948- director.

Wyndham, John, 1903-1969. Midwich cuckoos.

Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996. Village of the damned.

Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)

Universal Pictures (Firm), production company.

Alphaville Productions, production company.

Other Title:

Alternate title: John Carpenter's Village of the damned

Notes:

Anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1).

Based on the book: The Midwich cuckoos / by John Wyndham and on the screenplay: Village of the damned / by Stirling Silliphant, Wolf Rilla & George Barclay.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.

Special features: production notes (7 p.); cast & filmmakers bios (Reeve, Alley, Kozlowski, Paré, Carpenter); theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Gary B. Kibbe ; edited by Edward A. Warschilka ; music by John Carpenter & Dave Davies.

Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Paré, Mark Hamill, Meredith Salenger, Peter Jason, Constance Forslund, Pippa Pearthree, Karen Kahn, Thomas Dekker, Lindsey Haun.

DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English or Dolby digital 3.0 surround in French.

In English or dubbed French, with optional Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned.

ISBN:

0783230427

9780783230429

Publisher Number:

20444

Other Number:

40658414

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

1027135

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Village