DVD
Seconds
Call Number
- DVD SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN)
Edition
DVD special ed.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, Will Geer, John Randolph.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for some nudity.
Summary
A sinister, science fiction dispatch from the fractured 1960s that concerns a middle-aged businessman dissatisfied with his suburban existence, who elects to undergo a strange and elaborate procedure that will grant him a new life. Starting over in America, however, is not as easy as it sounds.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by David Ely.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Special features: audio commentary featuring director John Frankenheimer ; interview with actor Alec Baldwin ; excerpts from Hollywood on the Hudson, a 1965 television program featuring on-set footage and an interview with actor Rock Hudson ; new program on the making of the film ; interview with Frankenheimer from 1971 ; visual essay by film scholars R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance.