The Resource Freaks, [directed by] Tod Browning, (videorecording)
Freaks, [directed by] Tod Browning, (videorecording)
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The item Freaks, [directed by] Tod Browning, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Inspired by childhood recollections of running away with the circus and befriending the sideshow freaks, Tod Browning's vision of sideshow life is both bizarre and disturbing. On its release in 1932, Freaks was greeted with revulsion and disgust by by critics and public alike, being banned in the UK and remaining unseen there for over 50 years. Now regarded as one of the greatest cult classics of all time, Freaks is not seen as a study in deformity, but rather an old-fashioned tale of morality where the defenceless and hopeless triumph over evil
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (59 min.)
- Note
-
- Distributed in Australia by: Warner Home Video
- "Suggested by Tod Robbins' story "Spurs"" -- Back cover
- "65191"
- Includes special features: Commentary by David Skal, all-new documentary Freaks: The sideshow cinema, special message prologue added for theatrical reissue, three alternate endings
- Label
- Freaks
- Title
- Freaks
- Statement of responsibility
- [directed by] Tod Browning
- Title variation
- Tod Browning's amazing production of Freaks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Inspired by childhood recollections of running away with the circus and befriending the sideshow freaks, Tod Browning's vision of sideshow life is both bizarre and disturbing. On its release in 1932, Freaks was greeted with revulsion and disgust by by critics and public alike, being banned in the UK and remaining unseen there for over 50 years. Now regarded as one of the greatest cult classics of all time, Freaks is not seen as a study in deformity, but rather an old-fashioned tale of morality where the defenceless and hopeless triumph over evil
- Cataloging source
- NWU
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Directed by Tod Browning
- Intended audience
- Rated: PG
- Language note
- Text in English. Subtitles in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Greek, Portuguese, Czech, Hungarian, Dutch, Arabic, Bulgarian, German & Italian for the hearing impaired
- PerformerNote
- Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
-
- 1882-1962
- 1898-1966
- 1899-1974
- 1905-1977
- 1895-1962
- 1888-1949
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Skal, David J
- Browning, Tod
- Ford, Wallace
- Baclanova, Olga
- Hyams, Leila
- Ates, Roscoe
- Robbins, Tod
- Turner Entertainment Co
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Warner Brother's Company
- Runtime
- 59
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Feature films
- Horror films
- Feature films
- Horror films
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Freaks, [directed by] Tod Browning, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Distributed in Australia by: Warner Home Video
- "Suggested by Tod Robbins' story "Spurs"" -- Back cover
- "65191"
- Includes special features: Commentary by David Skal, all-new documentary Freaks: The sideshow cinema, special message prologue added for theatrical reissue, three alternate endings
- Color
- black and white
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- 000028178548
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (59 min.)
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Original version note
- Originally released in 1932.
- Other physical details
- sd., b&w.
- Sound on medium or separate
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)224858148
- System details
- DVD, Dolby digital, Region 4
- Video recording format
- laserdisc
- Label
- Freaks, [directed by] Tod Browning, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Distributed in Australia by: Warner Home Video
- "Suggested by Tod Robbins' story "Spurs"" -- Back cover
- "65191"
- Includes special features: Commentary by David Skal, all-new documentary Freaks: The sideshow cinema, special message prologue added for theatrical reissue, three alternate endings
- Color
- black and white
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- 000028178548
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (59 min.)
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Original version note
- Originally released in 1932.
- Other physical details
- sd., b&w.
- Sound on medium or separate
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)224858148
- System details
- DVD, Dolby digital, Region 4
- Video recording format
- laserdisc
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