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D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation

Title
D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation [DVD] / David W. Griffith Corporation ; directed and produced by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Publication
New York : Kino Lorber, c2011.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
  • Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.
  • Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
  • Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
  • Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946.
Description
3 videodiscs (192 min.) : si., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A tale of the Civil War from the South's point of view, set around a love story between Gish and Walthall.
Series Statement
Kino classics
Uniform Title
Kino classics.
Alternative Title
Birth of a nation
Subject
  • Ku Klux Klan (19th century) > Fiction
  • Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
  • American Civil War (1861-1865)
  • Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
  • 1861-1877
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • War films.
  • Historical films.
  • Silent films.
  • Feature films.
  • Fiction.
  • History.
Note
  • DVDs.
  • Disc label title.
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1915.
  • Based on the novel The clansman by Thomas Dixon.
  • Includes newly mastered version and restored version (1993) by David Shephard of Film Preservation Associates.
  • "Color tinted"--Container.
  • Standard version.
  • Special features include: spoken introduction by D.W. Griffith and Walter Huston (including the newly rediscovered intermission sequence), making-of featurette, Civil War shorts directed by D.W. Griffith, New York vs. The birth of a nation -- archival documents pertaining to the censorship battles over the film's 1922 re-release, excerpts of souvenir program books.
Credits (note)
  • Directed by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith Bitzer ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Performer (note)
  • Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh.
System Details (note)
  • DVDs, Dolby 5.1 surround.
Terms of Use (note)
  • For home use only.
Language (note)
  • Silent film with English intertitles and musical score.
Contents
Disc 1: The 2011 restoration -- Disc 2: The 1993 restoration and The making of 'The birth of a nation' -- Disc 3: Bonus films and documents.
LCCN
738329083427
OCLC
865340588
Title
D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation [DVD] / David W. Griffith Corporation ; directed and produced by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Imprint
New York : Kino Lorber, c2011.
Edition
Deluxe 3-disc ed.
Series
Kino classics
Kino classics.
Cast
Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh.
System Details
DVDs, Dolby 5.1 surround.
Terms Of Use
For home use only.
Language
Silent film with English intertitles and musical score.
Credits
Directed by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith Bitzer ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Chronological Term
1861-1877
Added Author
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946. Clansman.
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