| Description |
1 DVD (123 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0 |
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laser optical NTSC |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
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Motion picture. |
| Series |
WB archive collection
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Archive collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, letterbox widescreen presentation, enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby Digital mono., dual layer. |
| Cast |
Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers, John Neville, David McCallum, Ronald Lewis, Lee Montague, Thomas Heathcote, Ray McAnally, Robert Brown, John Meillon, Cyril Luckham, Niall McGinnis, Victor Brooks, Barry Keegan, Terence Stamp. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Krasker ; production designer, Don Ashton ; film editor, Jack Harris ; art director, Peter Murton ; costume designer, Anthony Mendleson ; music composed and conducted by Antony Hopkins and played by the Philharmonia Orchestra. |
| Note |
"In CinemaScope". |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
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Based upon the play "Billy Budd" by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman ; from the novel "Billy Budd Foretopman" by Herman Melville. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
An innocent, naive British Naval seaman is accused and tried of murdering the sadistic master-at-arms. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary by Terence Stamp and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh; Theatrical trailer. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles; Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Sailors -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Sailors. |
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Great Britain. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Murder -- Drama.
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Murder. |
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Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- Drama.
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Courts-martial and courts of inquiry. |
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Good and evil -- Drama.
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Good and evil. |
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Drama.
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Naval history. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Naval history.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Ustinov, Peter, screenwriter, film producer, film director, actor.
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Lubin, A. Ronald, 1918-2004, film producer.
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Bodeen, DeWitt, screenwriter.
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Ryan, Robert, 1909-1973, actor.
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Douglas, Melvyn, actor.
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Rogers, Paul, 1917-2013, actor.
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Neville, John, 1925-2011, actor.
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McCallum, David, 1933-2023, actor.
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Lewis, Ronald, 1928-1982, actor.
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Montague, Lee, actor.
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Heathcote, Thomas, 1917-1986, actor.
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McAnally, Ray, actor.
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Brown, Robert, 1921-2003, actor.
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Meillon, John, actor.
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Luckham, Cyril, 1907-1989, actor.
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MacGinnis, Niall, 1913-1977, actor.
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Brooks, Victor, 1918-1999, actor.
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Keegan, Barry, 1922-1977, actor.
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Stamp, Terence, actor.
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Krasker, Robert, director of photography.
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Ashton, Donald M., production designer.
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Harris, Jack, 1905-1971, editor of moving image work.
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Murton, Peter, art director.
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Mendleson, Anthony, costume designer.
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Hopkins, Antony, 1921-2014, composer (expression), conductor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Coxe, Louis O., 1918-1993.
Billy Budd.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Chapman, Robert Harris.
Billy Budd.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Billy Budd.
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Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- commentator.
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Philharmonia Orchestra, performer.
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Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, production company.
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Anglo-Allied Pictures, Ltd., production company.
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Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher.
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| Note |
Title on container: Herman Melville's Billy Budd |
| Standard No. |
888574106621 |
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