Punishment park the cinema of Peter Watkins
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[New York] : New Yorker Video, 2005.
Format
DVD
ISBN
156730396X
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
[New York] : New Yorker Video, 2005.
Language
English
ISBN
156730396X
UPC
881751200013
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
General Note
Special features: Specially-filmed 28 minute introduction by Peter Watkins; feature-length audio commentary by Dr. Joseph A. Gomez; "The forgotten faces" (1961), an 18 minute amateur film recreating the 1956 Hungarian revolution; 24 page booklet with chapter on 'Punishment park' from Joseph Gomez's 1979 book "Peter Watkins" plus full cast and credits; text essay by media critic Scott macDonald on audience responses to 'Punishment park'; Peter Watkins filmography; original 1971 press kit.
Creation/Production Credits
Photographer, Joan Churchill ; art director, David Hancock ; editors, Peter Watkins, Terry Hodel ; music, Paul Motian.
Participants/Performers
Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson, Katherine Quittner, Scott Turner, Stan Armsted.
Description
In a desert zone in California, a civilian tribunal sentences groups of dissidents and gives them the option of participating in law enforcement exercises in the Bear Montain National Punishment Park. Now these prisoners have to fight for their lives.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, full screen (1.33:1); region 1; Dolby Digital.
Language
English dialogue, English or French subtitles.
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Morris County Library - Adult Media | PUNISHMENT PARK DVD6193 | Available |
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Watkins, P., Boland, P., Foreman, K., & Argenziano, C. (2005). Punishment park: the cinema of Peter Watkins . New Yorker Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peter Watkins et al.. 2005. Punishment Park: The Cinema of Peter Watkins. New Yorker Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peter Watkins et al.. Punishment Park: The Cinema of Peter Watkins New Yorker Video, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Watkins, Peter, Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, and Carmen Argenziano. Punishment Park: The Cinema of Peter Watkins New Yorker Video, 2005.
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