Contributor
Mann, Delbert, 1920-2007.
Imprint:New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2009.
Description3 videodiscs (478 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Title from container.
Note:No time for sergeants based on Mac Hyman's novel; Bang the drum slowly based on Mark Harris' novel; The comedian based on Ernest Lehman's novelette.
Note:"Live kinescope broadcasts"--Criterion website.
Note:Features: commentaries by directors Frankenheimer, Mann, Nelson, Petrie; interviews with cast and crew; booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his liner notes on each program.
Note:Marty (1953) / written by Paddy Chayefsky ; directed by Delbert Mann -- Patterns (1955) / written by Rod Serling ; directed by Fielder Cook -- No time for sergeants (1955) / teleplay by Ira Levin ; directed by Alex Segal -- A wind from the South (1955) / written by James Costigan ; directed by Daniel Petrie, Cordelia Stone -- Requiem for a heavyweight (1956) / written by Rod Serling ; directed by Ralph Nelson -- Bang the drum slowly (1956) / directed by Daniel Petrie -- The comedian (1957) / teleplay by Rod Serling ; directed by John Frankenheimer -- Days of wine and roses (1958) / written by JP Miller ; directed by John Frankenheimer.
Target AudienceNot rated.
Note:Two people who feel they have not achieved much in life meet and fall in love; a ruthless boss brings in a younger man, hoping to force his aging assistant to resign; a bumbling young man who turns everything he touches into a disaster is drafted into the Air Force during the Cold War; boxer Mountain Rivera deliberately loses a fight to save his manager who bet against his winning; the star pitcher of a New York team makes sure the last season of his terminally-ill friend and catcher is a memorable one; a vaudeville comedian gets his own television show and becomes a ruthless and abusive boss; an alcoholic marries a young woman who soon becomes addicted too, leading to a downward spiral in their lives.
Note : PerformerMarty: Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand ; Patterns: Everett Sloane, Richard Kiley ; No time for sergeants: Andy Griffith, Harry Clark ; A wind from the South: Julie Harris, Donald Woods ; Requiem for a heavyweight: Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn ; Bang the drum slowly: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi ; The comedian: Mickey Rooney, Edmond O'Brien ; Days of wine and roses: Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie.
System Details NotesDVDs.
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.