Punishment park / a Françoise Films production ; produced by Susan Martin ; directed by Peter Watkins.
2005
DVD 231 (Mapit)
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Punishment park (Motion picture : 1971)
Title
Punishment park / a Françoise Films production ; produced by Susan Martin ; directed by Peter Watkins.
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Imprint
[New York] : New Yorker Video, [2005]
Description
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages).
Series
Cinema of Peter Watkins.
Summary
"As the Vietnam War escalates, massive public protest against the conflict surges in America. To control the leftist threat, a civilian tribunal passes sentence on groups of dissidents: hippies, draft dodgers, pacifists. Made to play a game resembling "Capture the Flag" in a remote desert while being hunted by the forces of law and order, the prisoners must fight for their lives in this searing pseudo-documentary from filmmaker Peter Watkins."--Netflix.
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: Specially-filmed 28 minute introduction by Peter Watkins; feature-length audio commentary by Dr. Joseph A. Gomez; "The forgotten faces" (1961), an 18 minute amateur film recreating the 1956 Hungarian revolution; 24 page booklet with chapter on 'Punishment park' from Joseph Gomez's 1979 book "Peter Watkins" plus full cast and credits; text essay by media critic Scott macDonald on audience responses to 'Punishment park'; Peter Watkins filmography; original 1971 press kit.
Special features: Specially-filmed 28 minute introduction by Peter Watkins; feature-length audio commentary by Dr. Joseph A. Gomez; "The forgotten faces" (1961), an 18 minute amateur film recreating the 1956 Hungarian revolution; 24 page booklet with chapter on 'Punishment park' from Joseph Gomez's 1979 book "Peter Watkins" plus full cast and credits; text essay by media critic Scott macDonald on audience responses to 'Punishment park'; Peter Watkins filmography; original 1971 press kit.
Language Note
English dialogue, English or French subtitles.
System Details Note
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
Location
LOA
Alternate Title
The law in movies DVD collection.
Call Number
DVD 231
Language
English
Credits
Photographer, Joan Churchill ; art director, David Hancock ; editors, Peter Watkins, Terry Hodel ; music, Paul Motian.
Performer
Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson, Katherine Quittner, Scott Turner, Stan Armsted.
Cast
Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson, Katherine Quittner, Scott Turner, Stan Armsted.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN
156730396X
9781567303964
9781567303964
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