Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Art of the heist / Electric Sky Productions ; directed by, Bosie Vincent, Gabriella Polletta, Nigel Janes, Leila Lak, Nick Hudson, and David Lee ; produced by Gabriella Polletta, Nigel Janes, Leila Lak, Nick Hudson, Geraldine Norman, and Fernando Lucena.

Publisher, Date:

[Silver Spring, Maryland] : Athena, [2015]

[Silver Spring, Maryland] : Distributed exclusively by RLJ Entertainment, [2015]

Description:

4 videodiscs (approximately 780 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Summary:

Investigates the high-profile thefts of some of the world's greatest pieces of art. From Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer to Edvard Munch's The Scream and even the Mona Lisa, these and other iconic masterpieces have been coveted by the criminal world. The fourteen-part series delves into the background behind the audacious burglaries and the authorities₂ efforts to apprehend the crooks and restore the masterpieces to public viewing.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Art thefts.

Art thefts -- Investigation.

Television mini-series.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Vincent, Bosie, television director.

Polletta, Gabriella, television director, television producer.

Janes, Nigel, television director, television producer.

Lak, Leila, television director, television producer.

Hudson, Nick, television director, television producer.

Lee, David, television director.

Norman, Geraldine, television producer.

Lucena, Fernando, television producer.

Electric Sky (Firm), production company.

Athena (Firm), publisher.

RLJ Entertainment, film distributor.

Notes:

Title from container.

Subtitle on container: Inside the art world's biggest thefts.

Originally broadcast as episodes of a television mini-series in 2006-2007.

"Broadcast on Ovation."

Accompanying material my include booklet (10 pages ; 15 cm) written and edited by John Sullaway, Elizabeth Stocum, and Rachel Ward.

DVD; widescreen (16:9) presentation); Dolby Digital stereo.

In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.

Contents:

The big sting ; The world's biggest heist ; The forger and the conman -- The search for The Scream ; Chasing Cézanne ; Den of antiquities -- disc 3. The lady in gold ; The Pharaoh's head ; Miami sting ; The man who stole the Mona Lisa -- disc 4. The Russian conspiracy ; On the trail of Moche gold ; The disappeared ; The thieving Don Juan.

ISBN:

9781621724353

1621724352

0054961243594

Publisher Number:

AMP-2435

Other Number:

923775368

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

550874

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 364.16287 Art of t