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Shakespeare Wallah [videorecording] / Merchant Ivory Productions ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; story & screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; directed by James Ivory

Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
[United States] : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators
Merchant, Ismail, Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, Ivory, James, Kapoor, Shashi, Kendal, Felicity, Kendal, Geoffrey, 1909-, Liddell, Laura, Jaffrey, Madhur, 1933-, Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001, Bose, Amit, Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, Merchant Ivory Productions, Criterion Collection (Firm), and Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)

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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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ISBN
0780028740
Audience Notes
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1965.
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 a new series of interviews with Ismail Merchant; original theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Director of photography, Subrata Mitra ; editor, Amit Bose ; music, Satyajit Ray.
Participant/Performer Note
Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Geoffrey Kendal, Laura Liddell, Madhur Jaffrey.
Technical Details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
View MARC record | catkey: 2943295