Sullivan's travels [videorecording] / a Paramount Picture ; assoiciate producer, Paul Jones ; written and directed by Preston Sturges.
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2001.
ISBN: 1559409193
Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: The Criterion collection ; 118
Subject(s): Motion picture producers and directors United States Drama.
Tramps United States Drama.
Man-woman relationships Drama.
United States Social conditions 1933-1945 Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music, Leo Shuken and Charles Bradshaw.
Performers: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, Robert Greig, Georges Renavent, Harry Rosenthal.
Target Audience: Not rated by MPAA.
Notes: English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
"Janus Films."
Special features: audio commentary by Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean ; Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer, a 76-minute documentary made by Kenneth Bowser for PBS's American masters series ; interview with Preston Sturges' widow Sandy Sturges ; Hedda Hopper interview with Preston Sturges ; archival audio recordings of Sturges singing his original composition My love and reciting the poem If I were king ; storyboards and blueprints ; production stills archive ; scrapbook of original publicity materials ; original theatrical trailer.
Summary: A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.
