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 2008 Flicker Alley edition
Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 782 minutes, not rated, with Le Grand Méliès (1953), black & white, 31 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0007, UPC 6-17311-67359-7, ISBN 1-893967-35-2.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles?, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, five plastic disc trays and cardboard rollfold case in cardboard slipcase, $89.95.
DVD release date: 11 March 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This massive collection, produced by Eric Lange and David Shepard, of more than 170 films by pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès also contains a documentary on Méliès by Georges Franju, featuring Méliès’ son and widow. Many of the films that have previously appeared on disc have been remastered in high-definition yielding an excellent and definitive collection on DVD. The films are accompanied by numerous musicians and in a variety of styles and instruments. Also included is a 36-page booklet with essays by Norman McLaren and John Frazer (Méliès biographer and cataloguer).
