Paths of glory [videorecording] / United Artists ; a Bryna production ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson ; produced by James B. Harris ; directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Other Titles: Paths of glory.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c1999.
ISBN: 0792841409
Description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: World War, 1914-1918 France Drama.
War films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Photographer, George Krause ; film editor, Eva Kroll ; music, Gerald Fried.
Performers: Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Meeker, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joseph Turkel, Susanne Christian, Jerry Hausner, Peter Capell, Emile Meyer, Berl Freed, Ken Dibbs, Timothy Carey.
Target Audience: Not rated.
Notes: Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Videodisc release of the 1957 motion picture by Harris-Kubrick Pictures, Corp.
Based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb.
Special features: 4-page booklet on the making of the film, theatrical trailer, scene access, English and French languages, with English and French subtitles.
Summary: The French General Staff, safely behind the lines, sends orders for what amounts to a suicide mission. To cover up their fatal blunder, three soldiers are arrested and made scapegoats. Captures the spirit of Humphrey Cobb's novel in presenting a harsh attack on the futility of war in general and World War I in particular. A blistering indictment of military politics.