Black Orpheus: The Criterion Collection  /  DVD-Video
Standard 1.33:1 Color  /  Production Year: 1959  /  Region All

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Current Sales Rank: 3339 All-Time Sales Rank: 3848 Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Synopsis Original Score By Anlania Carlos Jobim & Luis Bonfa' 1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States. Criterion is proud to present the extended international version of Black Orpheus in a gorgeous new transfer. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Marpessa Dawn  • Maria Alice  • Aurino Cassiano  • Alexandre Constanino  • Breno Mello  • Adhemar Feirrera Da Silva  • Lourdes De Oliveira  • Waldetar De Souza  • Jorge Dos Santos Producers:  • Sacha Gordine Directors:  • Marcel Camus Product Information Features: Uncut Version Of The Film, Featuring 4 Minutes Of Previously Unseen Footage Remastered Sound That Showcases Antonio Carlos Jobim & Luis Bonfa's Bossa Nova Score New And Improved English Subtitle Translation French Theatrical Trailer Video: Standard 1.33:1 Color Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono PORTUGUESE: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: English Studio: Criterion Production Year: 1959 Release Date: 6/8/1999 Length: 107 mins Rating: NR Chapters: 17 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: BLA070 UPC Code: 037429138328 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Romance, Art House, Brazilian, Classics, Comedy, Criterion Collection, Drama, Foreign Studios: Criterion Customers who bought this Title also bought Insomnia: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Kwaidan: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Magic Flute, The: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Le Million: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Empire Review BLACK ORPHEUS (CRITERION) - 2.5 out of 5  (9/26/2002) Marcel Camus' BLACK ORPHEUS (1959) is the still very much celebrated breakthrough film with an ever-popular bossa nova soundtrack (a big favorite among audiophiles and music lovers alike, helping to break the music genre worldwide), that featured an all-black cast on location in a stunningly naturalistic Musical that put the old Hollywood Studio-Bound Musicals even further in the past. Based on the Orpheus Mythos that also inspired Jean Cocteau's ORPHIC TRILOGY (see my review of the Criterio   more >>