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Louisiana story [videorecording] / Lopert Films, Inc. ; story by Frances and Robert Flaherty ; produced and directed by Robert Flaherty.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: LOU130 | Home Vision CinemaPublication details: [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment, c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 79 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0780024796
  • 9780780024793
Other title:
  • Title on container: Robert J. Flaherty's Louisiana story
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00637
Production credits:
  • Editor, Helen Van Dongen ; photography, Richard Leacock ; original music, Virgil Thomson ; music performed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conducting.
Awards:
  • Pulitzer Prize, musical score.
Cast: Joseph Boudreaux, Lionel LeBlanc, Mrs. E. Bienvenu, Frank Hardy.Summary: Through the eyes of a young Cajun boy living on the Bayou, tells the story of disruption and change when an oil rig brings industry into his pristine world.
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DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 00637 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000035353

DVD, Region 1 encoding.

Joseph Boudreaux, Lionel LeBlanc, Mrs. E. Bienvenu, Frank Hardy.

Editor, Helen Van Dongen ; photography, Richard Leacock ; original music, Virgil Thomson ; music performed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conducting.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Through the eyes of a young Cajun boy living on the Bayou, tells the story of disruption and change when an oil rig brings industry into his pristine world.

Fully restored by the Library of Congress, The Museum of Modern Art, and the UCLA Film and Television Department.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1948.

Pulitzer Prize, musical score.

Special features: Letters home: a reading of cinematographer Richard Leacock's Letters with images from the production; Flaherty and film: a filmed discussion between Frances Flaherty and Robert Gardner about the making of Louisiana story; Hidden and seeking: a documentary excerpt in which Frances Flaherty reflects on her life and work with Robert Flaherty; The land: an excerpt from a 1940 film directed by Robert Flaherty for the United States Department of Agriculture; Study film: commentary by Richard Leacock and Frances Flaherty over the famed opening sequence.

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