Title:
Three fantastic journeys by Karel Zeman : A journey to the beginning of time ; Invention for destruction ; The fabulous Baron Munchausen / written and directed by Karel Zeman.
Publication Information:
New York : Criterion Collection, 2020.
Physical Description:
3 videodiscs : black and white, and color ; sound ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Invention for destruction freely adapted from the writings of Jules Verne.
The fabulous Baron Munchausen is based on the works of Gottfried August Bürger, Gustave Doré.
Special edition features: U.S-release version of "Journey to the Beginning of Time" from 1960 ; Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack for "Invention for destruction" and the opening sequence of the 1961 U.S.-release version; New programs with animation filmmaker John Stevenson and special-effects artists Phil Tippett and Jim Aupperle discussing Zeman and his complex visual trickery; Four early short films by Zeman -- A Christmas dream (1945), A horseshoe for luck (1946), Inspiration(1949), and King Lavra (1950) ; a 2015 documentary about the director featuring Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Ludmila Zeman and others ; Short documentaries produced by the Karel Zeman Museum; Restoration demonstrations and an interview with supervisor James Mockoski ; trailers ; new English subtitle translations.
DVD ; mono ; NTSC ; region 1; 1.37:1 full frame.
Contents:
A journey to the beginning of time -- Invention for destruction -- Fabulous Baron Munchausen.
Summary:
A journey to the beginning of time (1955) : Youngest of four boys one day finds a fossil of trilobite. So his older friend take him on journey through prehistory, up to beginning of time, to see real live trilobites.
Invention for destruction (1958) : An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.
The fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) : The outrageous Baron Munchausen tells of his many adventures, from meeting the Man in the Moon to defeating a Turkish army all by himself.
Personal Subject:
Added Author:
Added Title:
Vánočni sen
Podkova pro štěstí
Inspirace
Král Lávra
Film Adventurer : Karel Zeman
Language Note:
In Czech with English subtitles.
Performer:
A journey to the beginning of time : Petr Herrmann, Vladimír Bejval, Josef Lukáš, Bedřich Šetena.
Invention for destruction : Lubor Tokoš, Anrošt Navrátil, František Šlégr, Miloslav Holub, Václav Kyzlink, Jana Zatloukalová.
The fabulous Baron Munchausen : Miloš Kopecký, Jana Brejchová, Rudolf Jelínek, Karel Höger, Jan Werich, Rudolf Hrušínský
Production Credits:
A journey to the beginning of time: screenplay, J. A. Novotný
Invention for destruction : screenplay, František Hrubín
OCLC Number:
on1140398729
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
Hastings - Pleasant Hill~1