| Description |
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; 4.0 surround, stereo surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.55:1. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Based on Billy Rose's Broadway production of the musical play Carmen Jones. |
| Cast |
Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Broc Peters, Roy Glenn, Nick Stewart, Diahann Carroll; voices LeVern Hutcherson, Marilynn Horne, Marvin Hayes. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; camera, Albert Myers ; film editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; music by Georges Bizet ; musical direction, Herschel Burke Gilbert ; costumes designed by Mary Ann Nyberg ; art direction by Edward L. Ilou. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1954. |
| Summary |
This is a familiar archetypal story, which is exactly where its appeal lies. Relocated to a Southern military base, Joe is a soldier about to leave for flying school, planning to marry his longtime sweetheart Cindy Lou before he goes. But free-spirited parachute packer Carmen interferes, when Joe is tasked with delivering her to jail after she gets into a vicious fight with another woman. This begins their stormy romance, and ends with Joe AWOL, the pair on the run in Chicago, and Carmen deserting Joe for professional boxer Husky Miller. Undone by her fickleness, Joe's passion for Carmen has tragic consequences. |
| Contents |
Main titles -- Joe's gal -- Carmen ("Dat's love") -- "You talk jus' like my Maw" -- Military prisoner -- "Dere's a café on de corner" -- Carmen's escape -- More problems -- Carmen's home town -- Trouble's coming -- In the stockade -- "Dis flower" -- "Beat out dat rhythm on a drum" -- "Stan' up an' fight" -- Champ's choice -- "Whizzin' away along de track" -- "There's a man I'm crazy for" -- Love on a pass -- Joe's big mistake -- Chicago -- Visiting the Champ -- Joe's suspicion -- Busting out -- "Card song" -- "My Joe" -- Confrontation -- "He's got his self another woman" -- Big fight -- "Final duet" -- "String me high on a tree." |
| Note |
Special features: Theatrical trailer (3 min.); Original one-sheet [text feature]; Previews (12 min.). |
| Subject |
Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Military police -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Drama.
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Musicals -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Romance films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Preminger, Otto. Director. Producer.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Adapter.
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Kleiner, Harry. Screenwriter.
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Belafonte, Harry, 1927- Performer. Actor.
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Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965. Actor.
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Bailey, Pearl. Performer. Actor.
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James, Olga. Performer. Actor.
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Adams, Joe, 1922- Performer. Actor.
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Peters, Brock. Performer. Actor.
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Glenn, Roy, 1915-1971. Performer. Actor.
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Stewart, Nick, 1910-2000. Performer. Actor.
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Carroll, Diahann. Performer. Actor.
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Hutcherson, LeVern. Performer.
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Horne, Marilyn. Performer.
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Hayes, Marvin. Performer.
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Rose, Billy, 1899-1966.
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Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Carmen.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
024543018834 |
| Music No. |
2001883 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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