Birdman of Alcatraz [videorecording] / directed by John Frankenheimer.
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FilmPublisher number: 16348DVD | MGM Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Summary language: French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch Publication details: [U.K.] : MGM Home Entertainment, 2004Description: 1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd, b&wDDC classification: 791.437 Cast: Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Betty Field, Neville Brand, Edmond O'Brien, Hugh Marlowe, Telly Savalas, Crahan Denton, James Westerfield.Summary: Based on the true story of Robert Stroud, as told by Tom Gaddis in his renowned biography. Hardened murderer Stroud (Burt Lancaster) is a withdrawn prison inmate who discovers a way of dealing with his isolation when he begins to care for a sick bird, nurses it back to health, develops an interest in ornithology, and becomes a world authority on the subject. Even when he is transferred to the notorious 'Rock' in San Francisco Bay, his interest does not abate.
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Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | Floor 1 Mobile shelves | 791.4372 BIR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0606986X |
Film made in 1962.
Based on the book by Thomas E Gaddis.
Music, Elmer Bernstein.
DVDW.
Dolby Digital.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Betty Field, Neville Brand, Edmond O'Brien, Hugh Marlowe, Telly Savalas, Crahan Denton, James Westerfield.
Based on the true story of Robert Stroud, as told by Tom Gaddis in his renowned biography. Hardened murderer Stroud (Burt Lancaster) is a withdrawn prison inmate who discovers a way of dealing with his isolation when he begins to care for a sick bird, nurses it back to health, develops an interest in ornithology, and becomes a world authority on the subject. Even when he is transferred to the notorious 'Rock' in San Francisco Bay, his interest does not abate.
BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Soundtrack in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish with subtitles in French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and in English and German for the hard of hearing.
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