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Heat and dust  Cover Image DVD DVD

Heat and dust / Merchant Ivory Productions presents ; directed by James Ivory ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0741952841593
  • ISBN: 1417249501
  • ISBN: 9781417249503
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
  • Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] ; Cohen Media Group LLC, [2017]
  • Distributor: Beverly Hills, CA : Entertainment One Film USA LLC, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.
2nd series statement from opening screens.
"All new 4K restoration"--Container.
Special features: Feature-length audio commentary track with Ismail Merchant, Greta Scacchi and Nickolas Grace ; original theatrical trailer; 2017 re-release trailer; Introduction to "Autobiography of a princess"; the Merchant Ivory short film "Autobiography of a princess" from a script by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a mixture of fact and fiction. Using historical footage and contemporary interviews with disinherited aristocrats to present a picture of royal India, it tells of an Indian princess (Madhur Jaffrey), now living in London, who celebrates her late father's birthday every year by reminiscing with his former tutor and secretary (James Mason) (1975) (59 min.).
Formatted Contents Note:
disc 1. Heat and dust [feature film] -- disc 2. Bonus features.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Walter Lassally ; editor, Humphrey Dixon ; music, Richard Robbins.
Participant or Performer Note:
Julie Christie, Shashi Kapoor, Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove, Julian Glover, Susan Fleetwood, Patrick Godfrey, Jennifer Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey, Nickolas Grace, Barry Foster, Zakir Hussain, Ratna Pathak, Tarla Mehta.
Summary, etc.:
Based on the novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala about Anne, who is drawn to India to unravel the scandal surrounding her great-aunt's seduction in the 1920s by an Indian prince.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital and PCM 2.0.
Language Note:
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Widescreen (2.35).
Subject: Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013 > Film adaptations.
British > India > Drama.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947 > Drama.
India > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama.
Princes > India > Drama.
Married women > Drama.
Genre: Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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