Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020].
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
ISBN
9781681437088, 1681437082
Notes
General Note
Title and credits from screen.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
General Note
Based on the novel by Pat Conroy.
General Note
Widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio)
General Note
Special features: new 4K digital restoration; audio commentary with Barbra Streisand (1991, updated in 2019); making-of featurette; teaser and theatrical trailers; Introduction "Visions and versions"; Conroy and Streisand; Conroy on "Cinema showcase" (1992); Conroy writes to Streisand; preproduction featurettes; production featurettes (Siblings underwater, making music, alternate scenes, photo album); postproduction featurettes (deleted scenes, alternate end credits, negative cut revisions, gag reel); Barbra Streisand interviews (Aspel & Company (1992) and The director's chair (2018)); on insert: essay by Bruce Eder.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, James Newton Howard.
Participants/Performers
Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Melinda Dillon, Jeroen Krabbé, George Carlin, Jason Gould.
Description
"For her acclaimed second feature as a director, Barbra Streisand crafted a sumptuous, emotionally wrenching adaptation of Pat Conroy's best-selling novel--which she also produced and starred in. Summoned to New York after his sister attempts suicide, Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) must serve as her memory, reckoning with the traumas of their southern childhood so that her psychiatrist, Dr. Susan Lowenstein (Streisand), can help her recover. But Tom's sessions with Lowenstein will plunge him into the depths of his own long-repressed pain--and reawaken the possibility of love within him. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor for Nolte's soulful performance, The Prince of Tides is a life-afforming tale of healing and renewal from a triple-threat filmmaker with a keen and humane insight into her characters' sorrows, joys, and yearnings"--Container.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R.
System Details
Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 widescreen presentation; 2.0 surround; DTS-HD Master audio 2.0.