| | White Sheik DVD
| Category | Foreign Films DVDs, Romance Movies, Satire Videos, Period Piece, Betrayal, Marriage, Criterion Collection, Italian | | Starring | Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina, Ernesto Almirante, Brunella Bova, Lilia Landi, Enzo Maggio, Fanny Marchio, Gina Mascetti | | Director | Federico Fellini | | Composer | Nino Rota | | Director of Photography | Arturo Galea | | Editor | Rolando Bebedetti | | Producer | Luigi Rovere | | Screenwriter | Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli |
Black & White; Standard Screen; Bio/Filmographies; English Subtitles A pair of small town newlyweds travels to Rome for their honeymoon. Once there, the blushing bride finds unexpected glamour, adventure and romance -- but, unfortunately, it's not with her husband. It just so happens that her soap-opera hero, known to his fans as The White Sheik, is on a photo shoot in The Eternal City. And his larger-than-life ways soon turn her boring, sensible world upside down. A friendly satire in which a honeymooning bride, dazzled by glamour and illusion, escapes the frightening security of her future by running off with a photo-novel actor who portrays a seductive "White Sheik," but soon finds insidious reality sneaking into her romantic fantasy. The print used for the Home Vision Cinema VHS version is from the Janus Collection.
Produced by Luigi Rovere.
Distributed by PDC. White Sheik Reviews: "Fellini's first feature as solo director is a warmhearted and well-observed comedy about a naive couple on an ill-starred honeymoon in Rome."-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound
This is the only Ernesto Almirante video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Brunella Bova, Lilia Landi, Enzo Maggio, Fanny Marchio, Gina Mascetti. White Sheik | List Price | $29.95 (You save $7.80) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1952 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  27517  | | CD Universe Part number | 5661606 | | Catalog number | 110 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 29, 2003 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 86 Minutes | | Additional Info | Black & White; Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Mono Sound; Black & White; Subtitled; Criterion Collection |
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White Sheik DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - Italian
Additional Release Material:
Interviews:
1. Brunella Bovo - Star
2. Leopoldo Trieste - Star
3. Moraldo Rossi - Director's Friend
Text/Photo Galleries:
Essays:
1. Critical Analysis by Jonathan Rosenbaum - Film Critic
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