Title:
Marlon Brando 4-movie collection
ISBN:
9781417018772
Publication Information:
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2005]
©2005
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.
Four films starring Marlon Brando originally released by Universal during the 1960s.
Includes the theatrical trailers for all four films and director's commentary for Night of the following day.
DVD; widescreen.
Contents:
Disc 1, side A: Night of the following day / Universal presents a Jerry Gershwin / Elliott Kastner production ; screenplay by Hubert Cornfield & Robert Phipenny ; produced and directed by Hubert Cornfield (1968, 94 min.: MPAA rating: R) -- Disc 1, side B: Ugly American / Universal-International presents ; screen story and screenplay by Stewart Stern ; produced and directed by George Englund (1963, 121 min.: Not rated by MPAA) -- Disc 2, side A: A countess from Hong Kong / a universal Release ; Universal Pictures Limited ; an original screenplay written and directed byt Chjarles Chaplin; produced by Jerome Epstein (1967, 108 min.: MPAA rating: G) -- Disc 2, side B: Appaloosa / Universal presents ; screenplay by James Bridges and Roland Kibbee ; produced by Alan Miller ; directed by Sidney J. Furie (1966, 99 min.: not rated by MPAA).
Summary:
The night of the following day: Professional criminals successfully kidnap a young girl from her wealthy family, but their plans become undone as they realize there is no trust between them.
The ugly American: As a compassionate American Ambassador to the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation of Sarkhan, Brando tries to keep Communists in the North from overrunning the weakened democracy in the South by making sure a vital road into the country's inaccessible interior goes through.
A countess from Hong Kong: Russian émigré countess Natascha becomes a stowaway in the shipboard stateroom of U.S. diplomat Ogden in order to escape her life of forced prostitution in Hong Kong. Her plan is to blackmail her way to freedom in the States but Ogden has a mind of his own and can resist even the charms of a countess.
The Appaloosa: Matt is a saddle tramp who has "killed and sinned" but who now wants only to settle down and breed horses. Chuy is a Mexican outlaw. Their battle begins when Chuy steals Matt's prize Appaloosa stallion and retreats to his carefully guarded Mexican village hide-away.
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Language Note:
All four films in English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. The Ugly American also has a French language soundtrack.
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Performer:
The night of the following day: Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Rita Moreno, Pamela Franklin, Jess Hahn.
The ugly American: Marlon Brando, Sandra Church, Eiji Okada, Pat Hingle.
A countess from Hong Kong: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill, Margaret Rutherford.
The appaloosa: Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon.
Production Credits:
The night of the following day: music, Stanley Myers ; director of photography, Will Kurant ; editor, Gordon Pilkington ; based on the novel The snatchers by Lionel White.
The ugly American: music, Frank Skinner ; director of photography, Clifford Stine ; editor, Ted J. Kent ; from the novel by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick.
A countess from Hong Kong: music, Charles Chaplin ; director of photography, Arthur Ibbetson ; editor, Gordon Hales.
The appaloosa: music, Frank Skinner ; director of photography, Russell Metty ; editor, Ted J. Kent ; based on the novel by Robert MacLeod.
OCLC Number:
ocm60686331
Availability:
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