| Edition |
Widescreen ed. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (239 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
American Film Theatre. Collection 1
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973. |
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Based on the play by Eugene O'Neill. |
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Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85:1). |
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Special features: Theatrical trailer; "Eugene O'Neill and The iceman cometh" and essay by Michael Feingold; the AFT cinebill for the movie; stills gallery; an interview with Edie Landau; "Ely Landau: in front of the camera" AFT promotional reel, 1974; the American Film Theatre trailer gallery; The American Film Theatre scrapbook. |
| Credits |
Text editor, Thomas Quinn Curtiss ; cinematography, Ralph Woolsey ; editor, Harold F. Kress. |
| Cast |
Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Bradford Dillman, Sorrell Booke, Hildy Brooks, Nancy Juno Dawson, Evan Evans, Moses Gunn, Clifton James, Tom Pedi, George Voskovec. |
| Summary |
In the faded, Vermeer-like light of Harry Hope's 1912 New York skid row bar, a ragtag group of fallen men await the annual arrival of their friend Hickey. But now Hickey is sober, and he wants his drunken friends to follow the same path. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| System Details |
DVD, enhanced for 16x9 TVs. |
| Subject |
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 -- Film and video adaptations.
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Bars (Drinking establishments) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Skid row -- Drama.
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Recovering alcoholics -- Drama.
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Nineteen tens -- Drama.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Social problems -- Feature.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Landau, Ely, 1920-1993.
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Curtiss, Thomas Quinn, 1915-2000.
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Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002.
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Marvin, Lee, 1924-1987.
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March, Fredric, 1897-1975.
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Ryan, Robert, 1909-1973.
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Bridges, Jeff, 1949-
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Dillman, Bradford, 1930-2018.
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Woolsey, Ralph, 1914-2018.
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Kress, Harold F., 1913-1999.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953.
Iceman cometh.
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American Film Theatre.
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American Express Films.
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Ely Landau Organization.
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Cinevision (Firm)
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Added Title |
Iceman cometh |
| Standard No. |
738329027629 |
| Music No. |
K276 DVD Kino on Video |
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