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For nearly five years, acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog desperately tried to complete the most ambitious and difficult film of his career - Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. Documentary filmmaker Les Blank captured the unfolding of this production, made all the more perilous by Herzog's determination to shoot the most daunting scenes without models or special effects, including a sequence requiring hundreds of natives to pull a full-sized, 320-ton steamship over a small mountain. The result is an extraordinary document of the filmmaking process and a unique look into the single-minded passion of one of cinema's most fearless directors.
Editor's Note
An extraordinary journey into the mind and passions of director Werner Herzog during the filming of "Fitzcarraldo." Director Les Blank, with Maureen Gosling, has successfully captured on film the events and emotions surrounding the making of an exceptional motion picture.
| Features | A New Essay By Film Scholar Paul Arthur And An 80-Page Book Of Excerpts From Blank's And Gosling's Production Journals | | Audio Commentary By Director Les Blank, Editor And Sound Recordist Maureen Gosling, And Fitzcarraldo Director Werner Herzog. | | Audio: English, Spanish, German Mono | | Deleted Scenes | | Dreams And Burdens, A New 38-Minute Video Interview With Herzog | | Interactive Menus | | Photo Gallery Of Images Taken By Gosling | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English | | Theatrical Trailer | | Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980), A 20-Minute Film By Blank Featuring Herzog Fulfilling A Bet. |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Home Vision/Public Media |
| Release Date: 5/10/2005 |
| Running Time: 95 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1982 | | Catalog ID: 120 | | UPC: 00037429206829 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Spanish | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, German, Spanish | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew | Klaus Kinski - Featuring | | Les Blank - Director | | Werner Herzog - Featuring |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"[A] lyric chronicle....Regarded as a standard-bearer for making-of pictures..." 05/13/2005 p.72 |
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