Quo vadis / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; produced by Sam Zimbalist ; screen play by John Lee Mahin and S.N. Behrman, Sonya Levien ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 1000039880 | Warner Home Video3000018258 | Warner Home Video1000045233 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Japanese, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, California : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [(c)2008.Edition: Two-disc special edDescription: 2 videodiscs (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1419873547
9781419873546

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LOC classification:

PN1997.Q9.Q683 2008
PN1997.S572.Q683 2008

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Production credits:

Directors of photography, Robert Surtees, William V. Skall ; editor, Ralph E. Winters ; music, Miklos Rozsa.

Cast: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov.Summary: Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets and falls in love with the devout Christian, Lygia. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the warrior. Though Lygia grew up Roman, and as the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered. Lygia is not happy about this situation, but she falls in love with Marcus anyway. Meanwhile, Nero's atrocities get more outrageous. When he burns Rome and blames the Christians, Marcus goes off to save Lygia and her family. Nero captures them and all other Christians. He decides to make a sport of it by throwing them to the lions.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Multi-media (10-day check-out)	G. Allen Fleece Library Multimedia - Second Floor	Non-fiction	PN1997.Q6 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001525175

English or dubbed French dialogue, English, French, Japanese or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov.

Directors of photography, Robert Surtees, William V. Skall ; editor, Ralph E. Winters ; music, Miklos Rozsa.

Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.

CHV rating: 14A.

Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets and falls in love with the devout Christian, Lygia. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the warrior. Though Lygia grew up Roman, and as the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered. Lygia is not happy about this situation, but she falls in love with Marcus anyway. Meanwhile, Nero's atrocities get more outrageous. When he burns Rome and blames the Christians, Marcus goes off to save Lygia and her family. Nero captures them and all other Christians. He decides to make a sport of it by throwing them to the lions.

Special features: Disc one: Movie part one; theatrical trailers. Disc two: Movie part two; "In the beginning: Quo Vadis and the genesis of the Biblical epic" new featurette; commentary by critic/film historian F.X. Feeney; original roadshow overture and exit music rejoined to the film.

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