Ripon Public Library

El norte, The north, Independent Productions in association with American Playhouse presents; [in association with] Channel Four ; screenplay by Gregory Nava and Anna H. Thomas ; directed by Gregory Nava ; produced by Anna Thomas

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983Container insert features an essay : Promised land / by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the filmSpecial features (disc 1): optional director's audio commentary; theatrical trailer (2 min.)Special features (disc 2): "In the service of the shadows: the making of 'El norte'" interview featurette with Nava, producer and co-writer Anna Thomas, actors Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, and set designer David Wasco (60 min.); "Scouting in Chiapas"gallery of Chiapas location-scouting photographs; "The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva" Nava's award-winning student film with optional director introduction (1972, 31 min.)

multicolored

monaural

Cinematography, James Glennon ; editor, Betsy Blankett

other

Director-approved special ed., widescreen.

9781604651096

videodisc

El norte: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago, Miguel Gomez Giron, Jose Martín Ruano, Stella Quan, Eraclio Zepeda, Lupe Ontiveros, Trinidad Silva, Tony Plana, Diane Civita, Mike GomezThe journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: Marco Antonio Rubio

2 videodiscs (141 min.), sd., col., 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet ([12] p. ; 19 cm.)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)270775494a860075

DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono

715515034722

CC1788D -- Criterion Collection

DVD