Die Blechtrommel  The tin drum /  [videorecording] = 
Title on container:  Tin drum 
nach dem Roman von Gčunter Grass ; Janus Films ; eine deutsch/franzčosische Gemeinschaftsproduktion der Franz Seitz Film, Bioskop Film, Artemis Film, Hallelujah Film, GGB 14. KG, Argos Films, Paris ; Produzent, Franz Seitz ; Regie, Volker Schlčondorff ; Drehbuch, Jean-Claude Carriáere, Franz Seitz, Volker Schlčondorff, die Dialoge sind von Gčunter Grass bearbeitet und ergčanzt. 
 - [United States] :  Criterion Collection,  2004. 
 - 2 videodiscs (142 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
 - Criterion Collection ;  234 .
 - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;  234. .
<br/><br/> Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.  Based on: Die Blechtrommel by Gčunter Grass.  Videodisc exclusive features: new digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions; audio commentary by director Volker Schlčondorff; Maurice Jarre's score isolated on analog track 2. On disc two: rare deleted scenes, featuring commentary by Schlčondorff; Volker Schlčondorff remembers The tin drum, a montage featuring Schlčondorff's thoughts and recollections about the film, along with on-set photos, storyboards and images not included in the final film; video interviews with Schlčondorff and actor David Bennent at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival; "The platform" : a rare 1987 recording of Gčunter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel Die Blechtrommel, accompanied by the music of percussionist, Gčunter "Baby" Sommer; Reprinted excerpt from the original screenplay's unfilmed ending; Banned in Oklahoma, a documentary by Gary D. Rhodes following the child pornography lawsuit involving The tin drum; production sketches, designs, and promotional art; original theatrical trailer. 
<br/><br/>Bild, Igor Luther ; Schnitt, Suzanne Baron ; Musik, Maurice Jarre ; Szenenmusik, Friedrich Meyer.  Bild, Igor Luther ; Schnitt, Suzanne Baron ; Musik, Maurice Jarre ; Szenenmusik, Friedrich Meyer. 
<br/><br/>Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski. 
<br/><br/> Chronicles Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and the life and times of Oskar Matzerath the son of a local dealer, a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth, he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: Not rated. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. 
<br/><br/><br/>In German with optional yellow English subtitles. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0780027973 9780780027978 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>037429187128 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>TIN020  Criterion Collection 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Midwest Tapes  http://www.midwesttapes.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Grass, Gčunter, 1927- --Film and video adaptations.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Germany--History--1945-1955--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Deutschland  Geschichte  1945-1955  Drama 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Feature films--Germany.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 00869 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/72