CHRIST IN CONCRETE (DVD) DOL DIG MONO/B&W DVD

Christ in Concrete
On the outs in Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis. Perhaps had it been made in Hollywood as intended, Give Us This Day would not have been allowed to run on for 120 minutes, nor would the actors have been permitted to indulge in terminal sanctimony. Based on Pietro di Donato's novel Christ in Concrete, Give Us This Day was released in the US under the intriguing title Salt to the Devil. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Sam Wanamaker as Geremio Lea Padovani as Annuziata Kathleen Ryan as Kathleen Bonar Colleano as Julio Charles Goldner as Luigi Philo Hauser as Head of Pig Sidney James as Murdin Ina DeLa Haye as Dame Katarina Rosalie Crutchley as Julio's wife Ronan O'Casey as Bastian Robert Rietty as Pietro

Crew Alexander Vetchinsky - Art Director Edward Dmytryk - Director John Guthridge - Editor Benjamin Frankel - Composer (Music Score) C. Pennington Richards - Cinematographer C.M. Pennington-Richards - Cinematographer N.A. Bronsten - Producer Rod E. Geiger - Producer Edward Dmytryk - Producer Arthur Taksen - Set Designer Ben Barzman - Screenwriter Pietro DiDonato - Book Author

Christ in Concrete
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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD: Generic Dolby Digital (unspecified format) Additional Features: New digital master from original 35mm nitrates Audio commentary by Norma Barzman (author of The Red and The Blacklist), Fred Gardaphe (director of Italian-Americn Studios at SUNY at Stonybrook), Richard Di Donato (son of author Pietro Di Donato), and David Kalat (All Day Entertainment) Isolated music score by composer Benjamin Frankel with commentary by Pietro Di Donato Harold Seletsky's 1965 spoken word opera version performed by Eli Wallach All-new featurette with film scholar Bill Wasserzieher and Peter Di Donato Home movie footage of Pietro Di Donato Photo gallery Talent bios DVD-ROM supplements tracing the development and distribution of the film MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 116 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 2. Chapter 1 [:20] 3. Chapter 2 [2:15] 4. Chapter 3 [5:24] 5. Chapter 4 [2:36] 6. Chapter 5 [3:57] 7. Chapter 6 [2:50] 8. Chapter 7 [6:20] 9. Chapter 8 [4:05] 10. Chapter 9 [3:15] 11. Chapter 10 [5:01] 12. Chapter 11 [3:52] 13. Chapter 12 [5:09] 14. Chapter 13 [2:31] 15. Chapter 14 [2:26] 16. Chapter 15 [2:27] 17. Chapter 16 [4:33] 18. Chapter 17 [3:43] 19. Chapter 18 [2:20] 20. Chapter 19 [4:23] 21. Chapter 20 [5:02] 22. Chapter 21 [4:02] 23. Chapter 22 [3:00] 24. Chapter 23 [6:01] 25. Chapter 24 [4:47] 26. Chapter 25 [4:07] 27. Chapter 26 [4:15] 28. Chapter 27 [1:34] 29. Chapter 28 [3:34] 30. Chapter 29 [6:24]