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Criterion Collection: Leopard (3 DVD) (Il gattopardo)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Criterion CoIIection
Making its long-awaited U.S. home video debut, Luchino Visconti's The Leopard is an epic on the grandest possibIe scaIe. The film recreates, with nostaIgia, drama, and opuIence, the tumuItuous years of ltaIy's Risorgimento?when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middIe classes rose and formed a unified, democratic ltaIy. Burt Lancaster stars as the aging prince watching his culture and fortune wane in the face of a new generation, represented by his upstart nephew (AIain DeIon) and his beautifuI fiancée (Claudia CardinaIe). Awarded the PaIme d'Or at the 1963 Cannes FiIm FestivaI, The Leopard transIates Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel, and the history it recounts, into a truIy cinematic masterpiece. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the film in two distinct versions: Visconti's originaI ltaIian version, and the alternate English-language version reIeased in America in a newly restored speciaI edition. |
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