Child's Play
[Saint Charles, Ill.] : Olive Films, [2012]
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
"A young teacher, Paul Reis (Beau Bridges) arrives at an exclusive Catholic boy's school that he had attended as young man. An outbreak of cult-like violence and brutality among the students has Reis perplexed. He suspects that one of the older professors is responsible for inciting the mayhem. Joe Dobbs (Robert Preston) is the easy-going, popular English instructor and Jerome Malley (James Mason) is the widely disliked and feared Latin and Greek teacher. Leon Prochnik adapted the evocative Robert Marasco play for the screen. Directed by the great Sidney Lumet, the director of Dog Day Afternoon and Network" -- Container.
Other Authors:
Hirschfeld, Gerald.
Small, Michael.
Burke, Joanne (Film producer, director and editor)
Warschilka, Edward A.
Prochnik, Leon (Screenwriter)
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011.
Merrick, David, 1911-2000.
Mason, James, 1909-1984.
Preston, Robert, 1918-1987.
Bridges, Beau.
Weyand, Ron.
Morasco, Robert. Child's play.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Olive Films.
Hirschfeld, Gerald.
Small, Michael.
Burke, Joanne (Film producer, director and editor)
Warschilka, Edward A.
Prochnik, Leon (Screenwriter)
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011.
Merrick, David, 1911-2000.
Mason, James, 1909-1984.
Preston, Robert, 1918-1987.
Bridges, Beau.
Weyand, Ron.
Morasco, Robert. Child's play.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Olive Films.
Subjects:
Morasco, Robert -- Film adaptations.
Boarding schools -- Drama.
Teacher-student relationships -- Drama.
Morasco, Robert -- Film adaptations.
Boarding schools -- Drama.
Teacher-student relationships -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: rated PG.
UPC: 887090039505
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Based on the Broadway play, "Child's Play" by Robert Morasco.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; music, Michael Small ; film editors, Joanne Burke, Edward Warschilka.
James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Ronald Weyand.
DVD format; region 1; anamorphic widescreen.
English dialog.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; music, Michael Small ; film editors, Joanne Burke, Edward Warschilka.
James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Ronald Weyand.
DVD format; region 1; anamorphic widescreen.
English dialog.