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Directed by: Louis Malle
Featuring: Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Lynn Cohen, George Gaynes, Larry Pine, Brooke Smith, Jerry Mayer, Madhur Jaffree, Oren Moverman, Andre Gregory
In the early nineties, theater director André Gregory mounted a series of spare, private performances of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in a crumbling Manhattan playhouse. This experiment in pure theater—featuring a remarkable cast of actors, including Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Brooke Smith, and George Gaynes—would have been lost to time had it not been captured on film, with subtle cinematic brilliance, by Louis Malle. Vanya on 42nd Street is as memorable and emotional a screen version of Chekhov’s masterpiece as one could ever hope to see. This film, which turned out to be Malle’s last, is a tribute to the playwright’s devastating work as well as to the creative process itself.
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Format: DVD
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1.66:1 (Anamorphic)
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English 2.0 Dolby Surround
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English
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1
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1 Disc |
DVD-9
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- New documentary featuring interviews with Andre Gregory, the play’s director; actors Lynn Cohen, George Gaynes, Julianne Moore, Larry Pine, Wallace Shawn, and Brooke Smith; and producer Fred Berner
- Trailer
- A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Steven Vineberg and a 1994 on-set report by film critic Amy Taubin
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