The actuality dramas of Allan King

Author

Allan King

Call Number

• DVD 791.43 A1889 (CEN)

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Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and company: Claire Mandell, Max Trachter, Ida Orliffe ... [et al.] ; staff of the Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System.

Publication Information

[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2010.

Physical Description

5 videodiscs (ca. 552 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Collects five cinema-verité-style documentaries by Canadian director Allan King that provide intimate portraits of troubled youth, a married couple, terminally ill patients, and nursing home residents with dementia.

Notes

Title and credits from containers.

"Allan King Films"--Container.

Originally produced as motion pictures in 1967, 1969, 1972, 2003 and 2005.

Contents

• Warrendale (1967 ; 101 min., b&w)
• A married couple (1969 ; 96 min.)
• Come on children (1972 ; 95 min.)
• Dying at Grace (2003 ; 148 min.)
• Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and company (2005 ; 112 min.).