The comedians

DVD

The comedians / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; produced by Peter Glenville ; screenplay by Graham Greene ; directed Peter Glenville.

Glenville, Peter, 1913-1996 (Added Author). Burton, Richard, 1925-1984 (Added Author). Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011 (Added Author). Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 (Added Author). Ustinov, Peter. (Added Author). Ford, Paul, 1901-1976 (Added Author). Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 (Added Author). Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 Comedians. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Added Author). Turner Entertainment Co. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Paul Ford, Lillian Gish. (Cast).

Summary:

A sardonic white hotel owner watches Haiti sink into barbarism with growing fatalism. Complications include a friendship with a rebel leader, politically "charged" hotel guests, an affair with the wife of a European ambassador, and the manipulations of a conniving British arms dealer.

Record details

ISBN: 1419842188
ISBN: 1419835823
ISBN: 9781419835827
ISBN: 9781419842184
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen version.
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Turner Entertainment : 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Based on the novel by Graham Greene.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1967.

Special features include vintage featurette, "The comedians in Africa."
Participant or Performer Note:: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Paul Ford, Lillian Gish.
Target Audience Note:: MPAA Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:: DVD; NTSC Region 1, widescreen presentation; dual-layer format; Dolby digital, English mono.
Language Note:: English language soundtrack; English, Spanish and French subtitles; closed-captioned.