Central Station / Sony Pictures Classics ; an Arthur Cohn production ; a film by Walter Salles ; screenplay, João Emanuel Carneiro, Marcos Bernstein ; produced by Arthur Cohn and Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre ; directed by Walter Salles ; a co-production VideoFilmes/MACT Productions/Riofilme ; with the participation of Canal +, the French Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Foreign Relations ; with the support of the Sundance Institute and of N.H.K.

Uniform title
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
Portuguese
Published/​Created
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1999]
Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Director
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    Screenwriter
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    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Medium/​Support
    • plastic rdamat http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAMaterial/1029
    • 4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing.
    Notes
    • Latin American and Iberian videos in Princeton University Library.
    • Widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
    • Originally produced as motion picture in 1998 under title: Central do Brasil.
    • "Copyright 1998 VideoFilmes Producoes Artisticas, LTDA and Mact Productions S.A."--Container.
    • Special features: Audio commentary with Arthur Cohn, Fernanda Montenegro, Walter Salles ; theatrical trailer ; talent & filmographies.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Director of photography, Walter Carvalho ; editors, Isabella Rathery, Felipe Lacorda ; music, Antonio Pinto, Jaques Morelembaum.
    Target audience
    MPAA rating: R.
    System details
    DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation ; Dolbly Digital stereo.
    Awards
    Golden Globe: Best foreign language film.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Fernanda Montenegro, Marília Pêra, Vinícius de Oliveira.
    Language note
    Portuguese language soundtrack (stereo) with English subtitles ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
    Contents
    Special features: Audio commentary by Arthur Cohn (producer), Fernanda Montenegro (lead actress) and Walter Salles (director) ; theatrical trailer ; talent biographies & filmographies (Walter Salles, Fernanda Montenegro, Marilia Pera, Vinicius de Oliveira).
    ISBN
    • 0767835166
    • 9780767835169
    Publisher no.
    03833
    OCLC
    41887440
    Universal Product Code
    • 043396038332
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