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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The cherry orchard / Melanda Film Productions present a Michael Cacoyannis film ; screenplay, Michael Cacoyannis ; executive producers, Yannoulla Wakefield, Alexander Metodiev ; produced and directed by Michael Cacoyannis ; Greek Film Centre ; Amanda Productions (Cyprus) ; Films de L'Astre (France).

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Madame Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate in pre-Revolutionary Russia after an exile in Paris. The estate and its beloved cherry orchard are threatened by Ranevskaya's financial problems, and no one seems able to do anything about it.

Subjects:

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Film adaptations.

Gentry -- Russia -- Drama.

Russia -- Social life and customs -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Other Author:

Cacoyannis, Michael.

Wakefield, Yannoulla.

Metodiev, Alexander.

Rampling, Charlotte, 1946-

Bates, Alan, 1934-2003.

Cartlidge, Katrin.

Teale, Owen, 1961-

Bergen, Tushka, 1969-

Berkeley, Xander, 1955-

Butler, Gerard, 1969-

Howard, Andrew, 1969-

Lynskey, Melanie.

McNeice, Ian.

De la Tour, Frances, 1944-

Gough, Michael, 1916-2011.

Stavrou, Aris.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 1937-

Papadimitriou, Dimitris.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Vishnevyĭ sad. English.

Melanda Film Productions (Firm)

Hellēniko Kentro Kinēmatographou.

Amanda Productions (Firm)

Films de l'Astre.

Kino International Corporation.

Other Title:

European release title: Varya

Greek release title: Vissinokipos

Notes:

From the play by Anton Chekhov.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.

Special features: Original theatrical trailer; Interview with director Michael Cacoyannis.

Production designer, Dionysis Fotopoulos ; cinematography, Aris Stavrou ; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; played by Vladimir Ashkenazy ; music consultant, Dimitri Papadimitriou ; casting, Bruce H. Newberg ; edited by Michael Cacoyannis, Takis Hadzis ; sound recordist, Alexander Bachvarov ; sound editor, Leslie Wiggins.

Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge, Owen Teale, Tushka Bergen, Xander Berkeley, Gerald Butler, Andrew Howard, Melanie Lynskey, Ian McNeice, Frances de la Tour, Michael Gough.

DVD; letterboxed (1.66:1).

English audio.

LCCN:

51784127

Publisher Number:

K272 DVD

Other Number:

51784127

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

634515

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Cherry o