The incredible shrinking man
(DVD) 

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[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2021].
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Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2021].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
715515265218

Notes

General Note
Based on the novel by Richard Matheson.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
General Note
Wide screen (1.85:1).
General Note
Special features: New audio commentary with Tom Weaver and David Schecter; new program on the film's special effects by Craig Barron and Ben Burtt; new conversation between Joe Dante and Dana Gould; Auteur on campus: Jack Arnold at Universal (Director's cut) (2021); interview from 2016 with Richard Cristian Matheson; interview with Jack Arnold from 1983; 8mm home-cinema version from 1957; trailer and teaser narrated by Orson Welles; essay by Geoffrey O'Brien.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Ellis W. Carter; film editor, Al Joseph ; trumpet soloist, Ray Anthony.
Participants/Performers
Randy Stuart, Grant Williams, April Kent, Paul Langton, Raymond Bailey, William Schallert, Frank Scannell, Helene Marshall, Diana Darrin, Billy Curtis.
Description
Existentialism goes pop in this benchmark of atomic-age science fiction, a superlative adaptation of a novel by the legendary Richard Matheson that has awed and unnerved generations of viewers with the question, What is humanity₂s place amid the infinity of the universe? Six months after being exposed to a mysterious radiation cloud, suburban everyman Scott Carey finds himself becoming smaller⁵ and smaller⁵ and smaller until he₂s left to fend for himself in a world in which ordinary cats, mousetraps, and spiders pose a mortal threat, all while grappling with a diminishing sense of himself. Directed by the prolific creature-feature impresario Jack Arnold with ingenious optical effects and a transcendent metaphysical ending, The Incredible Shrinking Man gazes with wonder and trepidation into the unknowable vastness of the cosmic void.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.85:1); mono.
Language
In English with optional English fsubtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Arnold, J., Zugsmith, A., Matheson, R., Williams, G., Stuart, R., Kent, A., Langton, P., Carter, E., Joseph, A., & Matheson, R. (2021). The incredible shrinking man (Two-DVD special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jack Arnold et al.. 2021. The Incredible Shrinking Man. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jack Arnold et al.. The Incredible Shrinking Man Criterion Collection, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Arnold, Jack, et al. The Incredible Shrinking Man Two-DVD special edition., Criterion Collection, 2021.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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