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The Resource Missing, a Universal Pictures ; Polygram Pictures presentation ; an Edward Lewis production ; a Costa-Gavras Film ; screenplay by Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart ; produced by Edward and Mildred Lewis ; directed by Costa-Gavras, (videorecording)

Missing, a Universal Pictures ; Polygram Pictures presentation ; an Edward Lewis production ; a Costa-Gavras Film ; screenplay by Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart ; produced by Edward and Mildred Lewis ; directed by Costa-Gavras, (videorecording)

Label
Missing
Title
Missing
Statement of responsibility
a Universal Pictures ; Polygram Pictures presentation ; an Edward Lewis production ; a Costa-Gavras Film ; screenplay by Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart ; produced by Edward and Mildred Lewis ; directed by Costa-Gavras
Title variation
M ssing
Contributor
Actor
Director
Interviewee
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
  • A film based loosely on actual events. A declassified document released in 1999 by the U.S. Government appears to contradict the State Department's official statement on the film, supporting the essential themes of the film. From http://www.gwu.edu/ñsarchiv/news/19991008/
  • A film based on the disappearance of journalist Charles Horman. A father searches for his missing son during the oppressive and violent political chaos of the 1973 Chilean coup. Seeking help from local bureau of the U.S. State Department, family frustration grows as the situation becomes more complex
Related
Member of
Awards note
  • Academy Awards, Oscar, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, 1983.
  • BAFTA Film Award, Best Film Editing; Best Screenplay, 1983.
  • Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor (Jack Lemmon), 1982.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music composed and arranged by Vangelis ; film editor, Francoise Bonnot ; director of photography, Ricardo Aronovich
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
  • Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • In English and Spanish with optional English subtitles
LC call number
  • PN1997
  • F3100
LC item number
  • .M57 2008
  • .H38722 2008
PerformerNote
Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, John Shea, Melanie Mayron
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1933-
  • 1949-
  • 1936-
  • 1945-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Lewis, Edward
  • Costa-Gavras
  • Stewart, Donald E.
  • Lewis, Mildred
  • Lemmon, Jack
  • Spacek, Sissy
  • Shea, John
  • Mayron, Melanie
  • Hauser, Thomas
  • Horman, Joyce
  • Daniel, Sean
  • Horman, Ed
  • Simon, Terry
  • Kornbluh, Peter
  • Wood, Michael
  • Crowdus, Gary
  • Polygram Pictures
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
Runtime
122
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
449
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Horman, Charles
  • Missing persons
  • Journalists
  • Chile
  • United States
  • South America
  • Chile
Technique
live action
Label
Missing, a Universal Pictures ; Polygram Pictures presentation ; an Edward Lewis production ; a Costa-Gavras Film ; screenplay by Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart ; produced by Edward and Mildred Lewis ; directed by Costa-Gavras, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Program notes on container insert include an essay "Who would care about us if we disappeared?" by critic Michael Wood, an open letter "Real People" by friend-of-the-family Terry Simon, interview notes "An Interview with Costa-Gavras" by Cineaste editor Gary Crowdus, and the U.S. State Department's official response to the film
  • Special feature (disc 2): Video interview with Costa-Gravas excerpted from the 1982 television news program JA2 20H (3 min.); video interview with Costa-Gravas for the 2006 French DVD release (30 min.); "Joyce Harmon on Missing" interview with the widow of Charles Horman (30 min.); "Producing Missing" interview with producers Edward and Mildred Lewis and Sean Daniel, and author of the source novel Thomas Hauser (18 min.); "1982 Cannes Film Festival" interview with Lemmon, Costa-Gavras, Charles' father Ed Horman, and family friend Terry Simon (20 min.); "Pursuing truth" interview of Peter Kornbluh, director of the National Security Archive's Chile Documentation Project (20 min.); "In honor of Missing" 2002 award ceremony held by the Charles Horman Truth Project for the film (21 min.)
  • Special feature (disc 1): original theatrical trailer (3 min.)
  • "Enhanced for widescreen tvs" -- Container
  • Based on the book : The execution of Charles Horman / by Thomas Hauser
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982
Bar code
31223134421107
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen format 1.85:1; Special ed.
Extent
2 videodiscs (122 min.)
Isbn
9781604650631
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515031820
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
CC1769D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)244581035
System details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Missing, a Universal Pictures ; Polygram Pictures presentation ; an Edward Lewis production ; a Costa-Gavras Film ; screenplay by Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart ; produced by Edward and Mildred Lewis ; directed by Costa-Gavras, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Program notes on container insert include an essay "Who would care about us if we disappeared?" by critic Michael Wood, an open letter "Real People" by friend-of-the-family Terry Simon, interview notes "An Interview with Costa-Gavras" by Cineaste editor Gary Crowdus, and the U.S. State Department's official response to the film
  • Special feature (disc 2): Video interview with Costa-Gravas excerpted from the 1982 television news program JA2 20H (3 min.); video interview with Costa-Gravas for the 2006 French DVD release (30 min.); "Joyce Harmon on Missing" interview with the widow of Charles Horman (30 min.); "Producing Missing" interview with producers Edward and Mildred Lewis and Sean Daniel, and author of the source novel Thomas Hauser (18 min.); "1982 Cannes Film Festival" interview with Lemmon, Costa-Gavras, Charles' father Ed Horman, and family friend Terry Simon (20 min.); "Pursuing truth" interview of Peter Kornbluh, director of the National Security Archive's Chile Documentation Project (20 min.); "In honor of Missing" 2002 award ceremony held by the Charles Horman Truth Project for the film (21 min.)
  • Special feature (disc 1): original theatrical trailer (3 min.)
  • "Enhanced for widescreen tvs" -- Container
  • Based on the book : The execution of Charles Horman / by Thomas Hauser
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982
Bar code
31223134421107
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen format 1.85:1; Special ed.
Extent
2 videodiscs (122 min.)
Isbn
9781604650631
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515031820
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
CC1769D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)244581035
System details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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