Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Tower / directed & produced by Keith Maitland ; produced by Susan Thomson, Megan Gilbride ; a co-production of Tower Documentary LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2017]

Description:

1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in. stamping

digital optical

widescreen (1.78:1)

DVD video NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

On August first, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. This documentary combines archival footage with animated re-enactments of the dramatic day, based entirely on first person testimonies from witnesses, heroes, and survivors, in a seamless and suspenseful retelling of the unfolding tragedy.

Subjects:

Whitman, Charles Joseph, 1941-1966.

Mass murder -- Texas -- Austin.

Mass murder -- United States.

Murderers -- Texas -- Austin.

School shootings -- Texas -- Austin.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Animated films.

Film adaptations.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Live-action/animation films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Maitland, Keith, film director, film producer, cinematographer.

Thompson, Susan, film producer

Gilbride, Megan, film producer

Muir, Monty, actor.

Beane, Violett, actor.

Colloff, Pamela. 96 minutes.

Tower Documentary LLC, production company.

Independent Television Service, production company.

Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.

Notes:

Based in part on the article "96 minutes" by Pamela Colloff originally published in Texas monthly in 2006.

Widescreen.

Originally produced as motion picture in 2016.

Special features: After the screening : Q&A ; Behind the scenes : animation ; Character profiles ; Memorial dedication ; Trailer.

Editor, Austin Reedy ; directors of photography, Keith Maitland, Sarah Wilson ; original music, Osei Essed ; animation, Minnow Mountain.

Monty Muir, Violett Beane, Cole Bee Wilson, Aldo Ordoñez, Blair Jackson, Vicky Illk, Chris Doubek, Séamus Bolivar-Ochoa, Louie Arnette, Josephine McAdam.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo.

In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.

Web Site:

Credits from Internet Movie Database Web Link

ISBN:

9786316798152

6316798156

9786316798152 : DVD

6316798156 : DVD

Publisher Number:

K21198

Other Number:

971504079

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

663472

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 364.1523 Tower