Luchino Visconti's The Leopard = Il gattopardo - Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe 1896-1957; Rota, Nino 1911-1979 (Criterion Coll., 2004)
enhanced for 16:9 widescreen tvs ; 2.21:1 aspect ratio ; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
Orig.: Italien, Frankreich 1963
Enth. new high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, with restored image and sound and presented in the original Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.21:1 ; audio commentary by film scholar Peter cowie ; "A dying breed; the making of 'The leopard'", a new hour-long documentary featuring interviews with actress Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others ; interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo ; an exclusive video interview with professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania on the history behind "The leopard" ; original theatrical trailers and newsreels ; stills galery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos ; new transfer of the 161-minute American release, with English-language dialogue (including Burt Lancaster's actual voice) ; a new essay by author and film historian Michael Wood
Keywords: Il gattopardo; DVD-Video