Birdman of Alcatraz [videorecording] : the story of a real and living man-- / United Artists Pictures Inc. ; Harold Hecht presents ; screenplay by Guy Trosper ; produced by Stuart Millar and Guy Trosper ; directed by John Frankenheimer.
Contributor(s): Frankenheimer, John | Millar, Stuart | Trosper, Guy | Lancaster, Burt | Malden, Karl | Ritter, Thelma | Brand, Neville | O'Brien, Edmond | Bernstein, Elmer | Gaddis, Thomas E. Birdman of Alcatraz | United Artists Corporation | MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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Visual materialSeries: MGM/UA vintage classics: Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., c2001Description: 1 videodisc (2 hr., 29 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0792849132; 9780792849131.Subject(s): Gaddis, Thomas E. -- Film adaptations | Stroud, Robert, 1890-1963 -- Drama | Stroud, Robert F., 1890- | United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Drama | Prisoners -- California -- Drama | Films for the hearing impaired | Presos -- Teatro | Prisioneros -- California -- TeatroGenre/Form: Feature films. | Biographical films. | Feature films. | Biographical films. | Biographical -- Feature.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| overnight loan | Overnight Loan | DVD 70/Drama | 1 | Available | o | 48152 |
Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.66:1).
Originally produced as motion picture in 1962.
Based on the book of the same title by Tom Gaddis.
Includes the original theatrical trailer.
"MGM DVD."
Photographed by Burnett Guffey ; art director, Ferdie Carrere ; edited by Edward Mann ; music by Elmer Bernstein.
Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Edmond O'Brien, Betty Field, Telly Savalas.
The true story of a convicted killer who avoids the depths of despair by becoming a world-renowned authority on birds during his imprisonment.
Not rated by MPAA.
DVD.
In English with optional French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.