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TITLE |
Shakespeare Wallah [videorecording] / Merchant Ivory Productions ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; story & screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; directed by James Ivory. |
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EDITION |
Widescreen ed. |
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IMPRINT |
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, c2004. |
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DESCRIPTION |
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
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SERIES |
Merchant Ivory collection. |
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NOTE |
Accompanying material: 1 folded sheet inside container. |
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NOTE |
Motion picture. |
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NOTE |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. |
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Special features: new high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen television; The Delhi Way (1964), a 45-minute documentary film by director James Ivory about the continually evolving city of Delhi; conversation with the filmmakers, part of. |
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CONTENT NOTE |
Special features: Widescreen version -- The Delhi Way (1964), a 45-minute documentary film by director James Ivory about the continually evolving city of Delhi -- Conversation with the filmmakers, part of a new series of interviews with Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Shashi Kapoor, and Felicity Kendal -- Original theatrical trailer -- Language: English monaural -- Subtitles: English (SDH). |
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CREDITS |
Director of photography, Subrata Mitra ; editor, Amit Bose ; music, Satyajit Ray ; producer, Ismail Merchant ; director, James Ivory. |
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SUMMARY |
The real-life adventures of a traveling theater group in India during the final days of English colonial rule. They try to uphold British tradition by staging Shakespearean plays but can't compete with the wildly popular Bollywood film industry. |
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AUDIENCE |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
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LANGUAGE |
In English with English subtitles. Closed-captioned. |
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SUBJECT |
Actors -- Great Britain -- Drama. |
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SUBJECT |
Theater -- India -- Drama. |
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SUBJECT |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
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SUBJECT |
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Drama. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Ivory, James. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Jaffrey, Madhur, 1933-. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Kapoor, Shashi. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Kendal, Felicity. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Kendal, Geoffrey, 1909-. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Liddell, Laura, 1909-1992. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Merchant, Ismail. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Criterion Collection (Firm). |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm). |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Merchant Ivory Productions. |
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SERIES |
Merchant Ivory collection. |
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ISBN |
0780028740. |
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ISBN |
9780780028746. |
