Title:
Carmen Jones Oscar Preminger presents ; screenplay by Harry Kleiner ; produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
Uniform Title:
Carmen Jones (Motion picture)
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication Information:
Beverly Hills, Calif : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2001]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
Aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Based on Billy Rose's Broadway production of the musical play Carmen Jones, which is based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.
Special feature: theatrical trailer.
DVD.
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."
Summary:
Joe, a military policeman about to make officer, is infatuated with the flirtatious and sexy Carmen Jones. Their ill-fated romance comes to a grisly end by the conclusion of the drama but not before their liaison has wreaked havoc with their lives and all who cross their paths.
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Language Note:
In English with optional subtitles in Spanish; closed-captioned in English.
Audience:
Not rated.
Performer:
Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; music, Georges Bizet ; lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II ; musical direction, Herschel Burke Gilbert.
OCLC Number:
ocm49993902
Availability:
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