The Thief of Bagdad (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 27, 2008
- Originally Released: 1940
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Conrad Veidt, Sabu, Rex Ingram, June Duprez, Mary Morris, Morton Selten, Miles Malleson & John Justin | |
| Performer: | Rex Ingram | |
| Directed by | Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan, Zoltan Korda, Alexander Korda, William Cameron Menzies & Michael Powell | |
| Edited by | Charles Crichton & William Hornbeck | |
| Written by | Miles Malleson & Lajos Biró | |
| Composition by | Miklos Rozsa | |
| Cinematography by | Georges Périnal & Osmond Borradaile | |
| Produced by | Alexander Korda |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1940 -
Best Cinematography: Georges Perinal
Academy Awards 1940 -
Best Color Interior Decoration: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1940 -
Best Special Effects: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
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81%
The Thief of Bagdad is a colorful, lavish and eye-appealing spectacle.
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Variety
Alexander Korda enlisted a small army of directors to make this fantasy. The craftsmanship astounds.
Sight and Sound
Alexander Korda's opulent Arabian Nights fantasy suffers from pallid performances and frequently succumbs to kitsch, but it still casts its fragile spell.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: A --
Treating cinema as a giant toy box, Korda resembles a child with an overactive imagination, giddily piling on every exotic and magical conceit the story can handle.
AV Club
In this most lavish production the carefully planned colour scheme and the skillful use of the camera make the film one of the most satisfactory colour films yet created.
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Monthly Film Bulletin
Rating: 3.5/5 --
As singular in 1940 as it would be today, and that's worth putting up with some sludgy storytelling and a hugely banal lead actor.
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Alternate Ending
...The most beloved magic-carpet fantasy ever, THE THIEF OF BAGDAD is a constant Technicolor dazzler...
USA Today
Product Description:
A story of pure fantasy in the best Arabian Nights' tradition stars Sabu as the cunning young thief of Bagdad who encounters evil spells, magic carpets, and endless adventure. THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD has spectacular special effects by any standard and earned four Academy Awards, including Best (Color) Cinematography and Best Special Effects.
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- Sales Rank: 31,917
- UPC: 715515029926
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