Magnificent obsession
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Action and adventure films
Action and adventure films
Action and adventure films
Douglas, Lloyd C. -- (Lloyd Cassel), -- 1877-1951
Douglas, Lloyd C. -- (Lloyd Cassel), -- 1877-1951 -- Film adaptations.
Drama
Feature films
Feature films
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Films for the hearing impaired
Films for the hearing impaired
Men -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
Near-death experiences -- Drama.
Persistence
Persistence -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Widows -- Drama.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Men -- Conduct of life.
Near-death experiences.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Widows.
Other Subjects
Adventure -- Feature.
Adventure films.
Feature films -- United States.
Lifesaving -- Drama.
Lifesaving -- Equipment and supplies -- Drama.
Men -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
Men -- Drama.
Widows -- United States -- Drama.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
UPC
715515034821

Notes

General Note
Based on the novel by Lloyd C. Douglas ; based on the screenplay by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
General Note
Restored high-definition digital transfer.
General Note
Special features: Audio commentary; video interviews; theatrical trailer; John M. Stahl's 1935 version of the film; 'From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk remembers' documentary; essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Russell Metty ; editor, Milton Carruth ; original music, Frank Skinner.
Participants/Performers
Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Gregg Palmer, Sara Shane, Paul Cavanagh, Judy Nugent, Helen Kleeb, Richard H. Cutting, Rudolph Anders, Fred Nurney, Alexander Campbell.
Description
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention and the use of the town's only resuscitator--at the very moment that beloved local Dr. Phillips has a heart attack and dies waiting for the life-saving device. Bob and the doctor's widow, Helen, find themselves inextricably linked amid a series of increasingly wild twists, turns, trials, and tribulations.--Container.
System Details
DVD video format, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.00:1), Dolby Digital monaural sound.
Language
Includes English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sirk, D., Hunter, R., Blees, R., Root, W., Wyman, J., Hudson, R., Rush, B., Moorehead, A., Kruger, O., Palmer, G., Shane, S., Cavanagh, P., Nugent, J., Kleeb, H., Cutting, D., Anders, R., Nurney, F., Campbell, A., & Douglas, L. C. 1. (2008). Magnificent obsession (Two-DVD special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Douglas Sirk et al.. 2008. Magnificent Obsession. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Douglas Sirk et al.. Magnificent Obsession Criterion Collection, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sirk, Douglas, et al. Magnificent Obsession Two-DVD special edition., Criterion Collection, 2008.

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