Galileo / the Ely Landau Organization, Inc and Cinevision Lee present the American Film Theatre ; a film by Joseph Losey.

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This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him into conflict wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: American Film Theatre
Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Losey, Joseph
Bray, Barbara
Landau, Ely
Topol, 1935-
Fox, Edward, 1937-
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000
Conti, Tom
Brown, Georgia
Blakely, Colin
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Kino International, [2003], ©2003.
Edition:Letterboxed [1.85:first] ; Enhanced for 16x9 TVs.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642 > Drama.
Astronomy > History > Drama.
Astronomers > Italy > Drama.
Mathematicians > Italy > Drama.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Bertolt Brecht's Galileo.
Galileo Galilei.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest. However, Galileo's trials and theories inspired others like Newton and Kepler to prove that the Earth was not the center of the Universe.
Note:Video disc release of the motion picture originally produced in 1974.
Special features include an interview with Topol and "Bertolt Brecht and GALILEO" an essay by Michael Feingold.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.B73 G24 2003 VideoDVD
AN2 D0029338 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rated PG.
Credits:Executive producer, Otto Plaschkes ; producer, Ely Landau ; director, Joseph Losey ; editor, Reginald Beck. "Adapted for the screen by Barbara Bray and Joseph Losey, from the English version by Charles Laughton."
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Topol, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Clive Revill, Tom Conti.