DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials, Electronic Resources

Shadows (Motion picture : 1959)

Shadows / produced by Maurice McEndree ; associate producer, Seymour Cassel ; directed by John Cassavetes ; Faces Distribution Corporation presents.

Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2004]

Chicago : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment.

©2004

1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

The story of an interracial romance and the obstacles it puts on family relationships. When appearing on Jean Shepherd's radio program Night People, Cassevetes mentioned the improvisation work he had done with his acting class, and asked for funding to film it. When listeners actually sent in money, he worked up a script based on the classwork, and with additional funding filmed his story of three siblings, two of whom can pass as white.

"John Cassavetes's directorial debut revolves around a romance in New York City between Lelia (Lelia Goldoni), a light- skinned black woman, and Tony (Anthony Ray), a white man. The relationship is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia's darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh (Hugh Hurd), and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was. Shot on location in Manhattan with a mostly nonprofessional cast and crew, Shadows is a penetrating work that is widely considered the forerunner of the American independent film movement." -- Publisher's description

Rated PG.

The Criterion collection ; 251

John Cassavetes: five films

Criterion collection ; 251.

John Cassavetes: five films.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Interracial dating -- Drama.

Families -- Drama.

Passing (Identity) -- Drama.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Film adaptations.

Independent films.

Fiction films.

Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989, film director.

Hadi, Shafi, 1929-1976 composer.

Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979, composer.

Goldoni, Lelia, actor.

Ray, Anthony M., actor.

Hurd, Hugh, 1925-1995, actor.

Carruthers, Ben, actor.

Crosse, Rupert, actor.

Cassel, Seymour, 1935-2019, film producer.

McEndree, Maurice, film producer.

Faces Distribution Corporation, film presenter.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), distributor.

"Presented by Jean Shepherd's Night People"--Credits.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959. Film restored by UCLA in 2000-2002.

Running time does not include special features.

Special features: New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; video interviews with actress Lelia Goldoni and associate producer Seymour Cassel; rare silent 16mm footage of John Cassavetes and Burt Lane's acting workshop; restoration demonstration; stills gallery featuring rare behind the scenes production photos; trailer.

Camera, Erich Kollmar ; editor, Maurice McEndree ; music, Shafi Hadi, Charles Mingus.

Lelia Goldoni, Anthony Ray, Hugh Hurd, Ben Carruthers, Rupert Crosse.

DVD; Dolby digital mono. ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio ; RSDL dual-layer.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

The pickup -- The rehearsal -- The act -- The sculpture garden -- Literary party -- The date -- The family -- A few cats come by -- Lucky day -- Slow dance -- The happiness boys -- Color bars -- Special features: Full screen presentation (1.33:1) -- New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound -- Video interviews with actress Lelia Goldoni and associate producer Seymour Cassel -- Rare silent 16mm footage of John Cassavetes and Burt Lane's acting workshop -- Restoration demonstration -- Stills gallery featuring rare behind the scenes production photos -- Trailer -- Language: English mono -- Subtitles: English.

* 0780029232

* 9780780029231

0780028031

9780780028036

0780029232 (set)

0780028031

9780780028036 : DVD

0780028031 : DVD

SHA 120

56557331

2

0

2

960218

2

2

DVD MOVIE Shadows