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Shock corridor

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari Rhodes, Larry Tucker.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2011]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, black & white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages ; illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"In Shock Corridor, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and dementia. Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, madness closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny's coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on race in sixties America and daring photography by Stanley Cortez, Shock Corridor is now recognized for its far-reaching influence."--Container.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.

Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; new video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis ; The typewriter, the rifle and the movie camera, Adam Simon's 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller ; original theatrical trailer.

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