| | Balcony DVD
84 minute feature film DVD. An adaptation of Jean Genet's highly unusual, powerful play.
The action takes place in a whorehouse, where business continues as usual despite the fact that a violent revolution rages in the streets outside. But the real world finally intrudes into this bastion of fantasy in the form of a police chief, who's determined to use the brothel as a headquarters for ending the insurgency. An adaptation of a Jean Genet play. In the "House of Illusion," Madame Irma provides the opportunity for people to live out their fantasies. But when the leader of the revolution takes up residence in the brothel, can Irma divert the Police Chief's scrutiny and protect her customers? Academy Award Nominations: Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography. Copyright: 1963 Laser Film Corp.
Ben Maddow based his screenplay on Bernard Frechtman's translation of Genet's original. Balcony | List Price | $9.98 (You save $1.29) | | Studio | Image Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1963 | | All Time Sales Rank |  69104  | | CD Universe Part number | 1282088 | | Catalog number | 9516 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 01, 2000 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 84 Minutes | | Movie Details | B&W; Mono Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction |
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Balcony DVD In a very special brothel known as "The Balcony," the customers live out their wildest dreams, oblivious to a revolution that is going on outside. Directed by the award-winning Joseph Strick and based on acclaimed French avant-garde dramatist Jean Genet's play, this star-packed film features Shelley Winters as the brothel's madam and Peter Falk as her occasional lover, who enlists her help in halting the revolution. A young Leonard Nimoy heads the rebels, and Lee Grant is the madam's executive assistant who longs to return to her former role as just "one of the girls." With its insightfulness and delightfully fresh sense of humor, "The Balcony" continues to provide a great view of the world's ironies.
Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Region 0
Snap Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
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