The magic of Méliès

English ; Silent film with music sound track

Parallel titles from 'Text' section of the disc "Program notes by film historian Charles Musser"

DVD production credits: the Kino on video series is a production of Film Preservation Associates and the British Film Insitutute ; volume four produced by Film Preservation Associates ; presented by special arrangement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ; DVD design: Bret Wood ; authored by AGI Studios/Cinepost, Atlanta

Georges Mélies died January 21, 1938. Between the years 1896 and 1912, he made more than 500 films ; narration for "The impossible voyage" [by Georges Mélies,] adapted from the original by Randy Haberkamp and David Shepard ; spoken by Fabrice Zagury ; music for "The impossible voyage" and short films composed [and performed] by Alexander Rannie ; musical assistant, Brian Benison ; special contents of this edition, copyright 1994 by Film Preservation Associates

Georges Mélies : cinema magician: A film by Patrick Montgomery and Luciano Martinengo ; voices by Lanni Brengel, Dian Danzi, Charles Fuller, Cecil Hale, Joannie Pallatto ; photomation by Jeff Meyerowitz ; Strauss' Transaktionen, Perpetuum Mobile, and Delirien performed by The Vienna Philharmonic, and made possible by a donation to The Musician's Emergency Fund ; c1978, Black Hawk Films Inc.

Produced for video by David Shepard ; special contents of this edition copyright 1994 Film Preservation Associates

"Original Méliès films by arrangement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences"--Container

Originally produced in 1994. "c1994 Kino International Corp. DVD design: c2002 Kino International Corp. DVD packaging: c2002 Kino on Video : K236D DVD"

Issued in box (20 × 14 × 8 cm) with 4 other videodiscs (<BA68290948>, <BA68296015>, <BA68297299>, <BA68298677>) ; subtitle on box: 133 complete motion pictures ; subtitle on spine of box: Recreating the dawn of cinema with archival 35mm prints ; "A five-volume boxed set"--Box ; "A five-DVD set"--Spine of box

Descriptive leaflet in container

Special features: detailed program notes by Charles Musser are located within the 'Text' section of the disc ; film access

中位の書誌: Title on container: The movies begin : a treasury of early cinema 1894-1913

"Méliès in the United States: Gaston Méliès opened a sales office for his brother Georges in New York City during June 1903 and commenced the publishing of catalogs with extensive descriptions in English ... Most of the films in this collections are taken from the surviving negatives which Georges Méliès sent to New York office. The catalog numbers for each film are provided"--Text, Program notes by film historian Charles Musser, Begin essays

"Fifteen fantastic works by the cinema's first special effects wizard including The mermaid, Impossible voyage and the documentary Georges Méliès: cinema magician"--Container

"Decades before the term 'special effects' was coined, audiences of the newborn cinema were witnessing spectacular screen illusions, courtesy of the medium's first master magician: Georges Méliès. The films collected on this disc offer an unparalleled view of Méliès's career, introducing the viewer to the rich body of work that lies beyond A trip to the moon (1902), which is featured in volume one of The movies begin"--Container