DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (DVD) (WS ENHANCE 16X9/DOL DIG(ENG MON/ENG SUB) DVD

Desire under the Elms
Director Delbert Mann and screenwriter Irwin Shaw adapt Eugene O'Neill's 20th-century version of a Greek tragedy to the screen with a bit more discretion than need be. The story takes place in the New England of the 1840s. Emotionally cool but passionately hot farmer Burl Ives the smoldering Sophia Loren as his third wife. Anthony Perkins arrives to ignite this powder keg of pent-up lust, with Perkins and Loren engaging in a semi-incestuous love affair. When Loren becomes pregnant, Ives thinks the child is his own and the heat it turned up considerably. And with Eugene O'Neill aping Greek tragedy, could infanticide be far behind? ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast Sophia Loren as Anna Cabot Anthony Perkins as Eben Cabot Burl Ives as Ephraim Cabot Frank Overton as Simeon Cabot Pernell Roberts as Peter Cabot Rebecca Welles as Lucinda Jean Willes as Florence Anne Seymour as Eben's Mother Roy Fant as Fiddler

Crew J. McMillan Johnson - Art Director Hal Pereira - Art Director Delbert Mann - Director George Boemler - Editor Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score) Daniel L. Fapp - Cinematographer Don Hartman - Producer Irwin Shaw - Screenwriter Eugene O'Neill - Play Author

Desire under the Elms
(not reviewed)
 

Daniel L. Fapp: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Cinematography (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: cc Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs Dolby Digital: English Mono, French Mono English subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1: Alternate Wide Screen MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 111 min Part of Series: Paramount Widescreen Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Rightful Owner [6:22] 2. Moving Stones [10:12] 3. Pay Off [5:38] 4. New Wife [9:47] 5. Confrontation [8:14] 6. Plans for the Future [6:45] 7. True Feelings [9:17] 8. Almost Caught [10:50] 9. Just in Time [6:27] 10. A Celebration [6:48] 11. Forced Happiness [6:54] 12. Revenge [8:10] 13. Anna's Confession [10:00] 14. The Sheriff Arrives [5:36]