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The Resource The mission, an Enigma production in association with Fernando Ghia ; a Goldcrest production in association with Kingsmere Productions Limited ; original story and screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé

The mission, an Enigma production in association with Fernando Ghia ; a Goldcrest production in association with Kingsmere Productions Limited ; original story and screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé

Label
The mission
Title
The mission
Statement of responsibility
an Enigma production in association with Fernando Ghia ; a Goldcrest production in association with Kingsmere Productions Limited ; original story and screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
A powerful epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani Indians of South American from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires
Related
Member of
Awards note
Cannes Film Festival, 1986: Best film, Palme d'Or
Cataloging source
DAC
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Omnibus (Television program : 1967-2003)
Credits note
Director of photography, Chris Menges ; production designer, Stuart Craig ; editor, Jim Clark ; music, Ennio Morricone ; costume designer, Enrico Sabbatini
Language note
Language tracks in English or French with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish
PerformerNote
Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, Ronald Pickup, Chuck Low, Liam Neeson
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1935-2005
  • 1941-
  • 1945-
  • 1948-
  • 1952-
  • 1937-2017
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Bolt, Robert
  • Ghia, Fernando
  • Puttnam, David
  • Joffé, Roland
  • De Niro, Robert
  • Irons, Jeremy
  • McAnally, Ray
  • Quinn, Aidan
  • Lunghi, Cherie
  • Pickup, Ronald
  • Low, Chuck
  • Neeson, Liam
  • Morricone, Ennio
  • Lough, Robin
  • Enigma (Firm)
  • Goldcrest Films International
  • Kingsmere Productions
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
  • British Broadcasting Corporation
Runtime
125
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Guarani Indians
  • Guarani Indians
  • Indians of South America
  • Indians of South America
Technique
live action
Label
The mission, an Enigma production in association with Fernando Ghia ; a Goldcrest production in association with Kingsmere Productions Limited ; original story and screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by Joffé; cast & crew selected filmographies (De Niro, Irons, McAnally, Quinn, Lunghi, Bolt, Ghia, Puttnam, Joffé); awards; theatrical trailer (2 min.)
  • Special features (disc 2): episode of the BBC documentary television program "Omnibus" about the Waunana Indians who portrayed the Guarani tribespeople in "The mission"
  • Closed-captioned
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1986
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc one. The mission / Warner Bros., Goldcrest and Kingsmere present ; an Enigma production, in association with Fernando Ghia ; original story and screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé (1986, 125 min.) -- Disc two. Omnibus. The mission / a BBC-TV production, in association with Goldcrest ; film cameramen, John Howarth, Michael Anderson, Mary Routh ; film editors, Arthur Solomon, John Veal ; director, Robin Lough (1987, 57 min.)
Control code
52283425
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-disc special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (125 min.)
Isbn
9780790775586
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
  • Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only.
Other control number
085392349722
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
23497
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format; NTSC, region 1; widescreen letterboxed format; Dolby digital 5.1 surround or Dolby digital stereo
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased ; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The mission, an Enigma production in association with Fernando Ghia ; a Goldcrest production in association with Kingsmere Productions Limited ; original story and screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by Joffé; cast & crew selected filmographies (De Niro, Irons, McAnally, Quinn, Lunghi, Bolt, Ghia, Puttnam, Joffé); awards; theatrical trailer (2 min.)
  • Special features (disc 2): episode of the BBC documentary television program "Omnibus" about the Waunana Indians who portrayed the Guarani tribespeople in "The mission"
  • Closed-captioned
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1986
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc one. The mission / Warner Bros., Goldcrest and Kingsmere present ; an Enigma production, in association with Fernando Ghia ; original story and screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé (1986, 125 min.) -- Disc two. Omnibus. The mission / a BBC-TV production, in association with Goldcrest ; film cameramen, John Howarth, Michael Anderson, Mary Routh ; film editors, Arthur Solomon, John Veal ; director, Robin Lough (1987, 57 min.)
Control code
52283425
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-disc special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (125 min.)
Isbn
9780790775586
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
  • Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only.
Other control number
085392349722
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
23497
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format; NTSC, region 1; widescreen letterboxed format; Dolby digital 5.1 surround or Dolby digital stereo
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased ; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD

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