Gandhi (DVD)
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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2007.
Format
Video
Edition
2-disc collector's ed.; 25th anniversary ed.; anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1).
Language
English
UPC
043396174375

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982.
General Note
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by Attenborough (in English, with optional Korean, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles); optional introduction to the film by Attenborough (1 min.).
General Note
Special features (disc 2, 134 min. total, in English with optional subtitles in Korean, Japanese, Portuguese or Spanish): "Designing Gandhi", 3 mini featurettes with production designer Stuart Craig (5 min. total); "In search of Gandhi" featurette (9 min.); "Looking back" featurette (18 min.); "Madeleine Slade : an Englishwoman abroad" featurette (10 min.); "Reflections on Ben" featurette (9 min.); "Shooting an epic in India" featurette (18 min.); "The funeral" featurette (14 min.); "The words of Mahatma Gandhi" featurette (2 min.); vintage newsreel footage (10 min. total); "Ben Kingsley talks about 'Gandhi'" interview (19 min.); "From the director's chair" 2 short interviews with Attenborough (10 min. total); photo gallery of vintage lobby cards; "The making of 'Gandhi' : video montage" (5 min.); "Milestones in the life of Gandhi" interactive timeline; trailer (5 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography, Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor ; film editor, John Bloom ; music, Ravi Shankar ; orchestral score and additional music, George Fenton.
Participants/Performers
Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Athol Fugard, Gunter Maria Halmer, Saeed Jaffrey, Geraldine James, Alyque Padamsee, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Rohini Hattangady, Ian Bannen, Michael Bryant, John Clements, Richard Griffiths, Nigel Hawthorne, Bernard Hepton, Michael Hordern, Shreeram Lagoo, Om Puri, Virendra Razdan, Richard Vernon.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Filmed on location in India, The United Kingdom, and at Shepperton Studio Centre in Shepperton, Surrey, England.
Description
A look at the life of Indian statesman and nationalist Mahatma Gandhi, focusing especially on his theory of non-violent resistance.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English, Dolby digital surround in French, Portuguese or Spanish.
Language
In English, dubbed French, dubbed Portuguese, or dubbed Spanish; with optional English, French, Korean, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA, 1983: Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Ben Kingsley) ; Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing, Michael Seirton) ; Best Cinematography (Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor) ; Best Costume Design (John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya) ; Best Director (Richard Attenborough) ; Best Film Editing (John Bloom) ; Best Picture ; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (John Briley).

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Briley, J., Attenborough, R., Kingsley, B., Bergen, C., Fox, E., Gielgud, J., Howard, T., Mills, J., Sheen, M., Charleson, I., Fugard, A., Halmer, G. M., Jaffrey, S., James, G., Padamsee, A., Puri, A., Seth, R., Hattangady, R., Bannen, I., Bryant, M., Clements, J., Griffiths, R., Hawthorne, N., Hepton, B., Hordern, M., Lagu, S., Puri, O., Razdan, V., Vernon, R., Williams, B., Taylor, R., Bloom, J., Shankar, R., & Fenton, G. (2007). Gandhi (DVD) (2-disc collector's ed.; 25th anniversary ed.; anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1).). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John. Briley et al.. 2007. Gandhi (DVD). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John. Briley et al.. Gandhi (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Briley, John., et al. Gandhi (DVD) 2-disc collector's ed.; 25th anniversary ed.; anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1)., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007.

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