Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, a Jeremy Thomas production ; a Nagisa Oshima film ; screenplay by Nagisa Oshima with Paul Mayersberg ; producer, Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Nagisa Oshima ; National Film Trustee Company

The Resource Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, a Jeremy Thomas production ; a Nagisa Oshima film ; screenplay by Nagisa Oshima with Paul Mayersberg ; producer, Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Nagisa Oshima ; National Film Trustee Company
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, a Jeremy Thomas production ; a Nagisa Oshima film ; screenplay by Nagisa Oshima with Paul Mayersberg ; producer, Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Nagisa Oshima ; National Film Trustee Company
Statement of responsibility
a Jeremy Thomas production ; a Nagisa Oshima film ; screenplay by Nagisa Oshima with Paul Mayersberg ; producer, Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Nagisa Oshima ; National Film Trustee Company
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Copyright
Note
  • Based on the novel "The seed and the sower" by Sir Laurens Van der Post
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983
  • Booklet contains the essays Lawrence of Shinjuki by Chuck Stephens; "Oshima : sex, militarism, and empire" (an interview of Nagisa Oshima by Tadao Sato); and "Ten questions for Kitano on Oshima" (translated from the Japanese by Fumiko Takagi)
Accompanying material
1 booklet (28 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Disc one. The film (1982; 123 min.) -- Theatrical trailer (3 min.)
  • (Conti, Sakamoto, and Thomas)
  • (2010) (40 min.)
  • On the music
  • (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  • (2010) (18 min.)
  • Hasten slowly : the journey of Sir Laurens van der Post
  • Lemle Pictures presents ; a film by Mickey Lemle ; produced and directed by Mickey Lemle ; produced by Lemle Pictures, Inc. in association with South African Broadcasting Co.
  • (1996) (55 min.)
  • Disc two, The supplements: Featurettes
  • The Oshima gang : the making of 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'
  • Mr. Lawrence Productions
  • (2005) (30 min.)
  • On the screenplay
  • (Paul Mayersberg)
  • (2010) (28 min.)
  • On location
Control code
662735441
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
DVD Edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (123 min.)
Isbn
9781604653151
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
715515061919
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC1928D
Record ID
.b19041482
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)662735441
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation (1.78:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 televisions), Dolby digital surround 2.0 stereo
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD

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