A great day in Harlem /

A great day in Harlem /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Special ed.
Imprint:	Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c2005.
Description:	2 videodiscs : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Subject:	Jazz musicians -- New York (State) -- New York. Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism. Jazz. Jazz musicians. New York (State) -- New York. Feature films. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Documentary films. Feature films. Nonfiction films.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7700364

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Other authors / contributors:	Bach, Jean, 1918-2013 Seig, Matthew. Peehl, Susan. Kane, Art Jones, Quincy, 1933- Image Entertainment (Firm)
Notes:	DVD release of the 1994 motion picture, plus a second bonus disc of "almost three hours of new video profiles of all of the musicians involved in the photograph"--Container. Special features (disc 1): stories from the making of A great day in Harlem; Art Kane; The next generation: Bill Charlap & Kenny Washington; the copycat photos. The bonus disc contains an interactive program of over two hours of interviews and some new home movie footage of the musicians in Art Kane's photograph. The viewer can either click on each person to see and hear biographical information and more recent interviews, or use the Musicians A - Z index to access the same content. Director of photography, Steve Petropoulos ; editor, Susan Peehl ; music consultant, Johnny Mandel. Narrator, Quincy Jones. DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual layer.
Summary:	A great day in Harlem tells the story of Art Kane's famous 1958 group photograph of the jazz greats of the period. Includes home movie footage of that day of the musicians arriving and greeting each other the morning of the shoot. Also includes conversations with musicians and archival performance footage.
Awards:	Academy Award nominee for best feature length documentary, 1995.
Standard no.:	014381303520
Publisher's no.:	HVE3035DVD Image Entertainment

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Item Description:	DVD release of the 1994 motion picture, plus a second bonus disc of "almost three hours of new video profiles of all of the musicians involved in the photograph"--Container. Special features (disc 1): stories from the making of A great day in Harlem; Art Kane; The next generation: Bill Charlap & Kenny Washington; the copycat photos. The bonus disc contains an interactive program of over two hours of interviews and some new home movie footage of the musicians in Art Kane's photograph. The viewer can either click on each person to see and hear biographical information and more recent interviews, or use the Musicians A - Z index to access the same content.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual layer.
Awards:	Academy Award nominee for best feature length documentary, 1995.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Steve Petropoulos ; editor, Susan Peehl ; music consultant, Johnny Mandel.