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The high and the mighty [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 88763 | Paramount Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Series: John Wayne collectionPublication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2005]Edition: Special collector's edDescription: 2 videodiscs (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 141570886X
  • 9781415708866
Other title:
  • High and the mighty
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3513.A56 H545 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature -- Disc 2. Special features.
Production credits:
  • Music, Dimitri Tiomkin ; photography, Archie Stout ; aerial photography, William Clothier ; editor, Ralph Dawson.
Awards:
  • Academy Awards, 1955: Best music.
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, David Brian, William SchallertSummary: A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely. .
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD HIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000416100

Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.

Based on the novel by Ernest K. Gann.

Special features: Disc 1: Introduction and commentary by Leonard Maltin; commentary by William Wellman Jr., Karen Sharpe, Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales and Vincent Longo; Disc 2: introduction by Leonard Maltin; the Batjac story; stories from the set; on director William A. Wellman; the music and world of Dimitri Tiomkin; restoring a classic; a place in film history; Ernest K. Gann - adventurer, author & artist; flying in the fifties; theatrical trailer, TV trailer, Batjac Montage; The High and the Mighty premiere footage; photo gallery.

Disc 1. Feature -- Disc 2. Special features.

Music, Dimitri Tiomkin ; photography, Archie Stout ; aerial photography, William Clothier ; editor, Ralph Dawson.

John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, David Brian, William Schallert

A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely. .

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD,NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital, 5.1 surround, 2.0 surround.

In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, 1955: Best music.

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