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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Extraordinary tales / Melusine Productions, Melon Digital, R&R Communications Inc and The Big Farm with the support of Film Fund Luxembourg presents; written and directed by Raúl García.

Publisher, Date:

[New York] : GKids, [2016]

Description:

1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical surround

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Five of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known stories are brought to vivid life in this heart-pounding animated anthology. Murderous madmen, sinister villains and cloaked ghouls stalk the darkened corridors of Poe's imagination, as his haunting tales are given a terrifying new twist by some of the most beloved figures in horror film history. Include: The tell-tale heart; The fall of the house of Usher; The masque of the red death; The pit and the pendulum; and The facts in the case of Mr. Valedemar.

Subjects:

Murder -- Drama.

Genre:

Fiction films.

Anthology films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Detective and mystery films.

Horror films.

Animated films.

Feature films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

García, Raúl, film director, screenwriter.

Lee, Christopher, 1922-2015, actor.

Lugosi, Bela, 1882-1956, actor.

Toro, Guillermo del, 1964- actor.

Corman, Roger, 1926-2024 actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Pit and the pendulum.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Fall of the house of Usher.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Tell-tale heart.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Facts in the case of M. Valdemar.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Masque of the red death.

GKids (Firm), publisher.

Melusine Productions.

Melon Digital (Firm)

R&R Communications, Inc.

Big Farm (Firm)

Film Fund Luxembourg.

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014.

Bonus Features: The Art of Extraordinary Tales; the Making of Extraordinary Tales; Audio Commentary by Director Raul Garcia; US Trailer.

Animation director, Gilles Rudziak ; editor, Aurelien Antezac ; music, Sergio de la Puente.

Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Guillermo Del Toro, Roger Corman, Julian Sands.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

Closed-captioned.

Contents:

The tell-tale heart -- The fall of the house of Usher -- The masque of the red death -- The pit and the pendulum -- The facts in the case of Mr. Valedemar

ISBN:

0883476150406

Publisher Number:

GK5040

Other Number:

933252378

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

563950

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Extraord