The Apu Trilogy - Soumitra Chatterjee, Satyajit Ray (Blu-ray - 11/20/2015)

Two decades after it's original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray's breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new restoration. The Apu Trilogy brought India into the golden age of international art-house film, following one indelible character, a free-spirited child in rural Bengal who matures into an adolescent urban student and finally a sensitive man of the world. These delicate masterworks-Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished), and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)-based on two books by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee, were shot over the course of five years, and each stands on it's own as a tender, visually radiant journey. They are among the most achingly beautiful, richly humane movies ever made-essential works for any film lover.

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Product Details
Actors: Soumitra Chatterjee
Directors: Satyajit Ray
Format: Blu-ray, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Number of discs: 3
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: The Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: November 17, 2015
Run Time: 341 minutes

Special Features
New 4K digital restorations of all three films, undertaken in collaboration with the Academy Film Archive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and L'Immagine Ritrovata Audio recordings from 1958 of director Satyajit Ray reading his essay "A Long Time on the Little Road" and in conversation with film historian Gideon Bachmann New interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Shampa Srivastava, and Sharmila Tagore; camera assistant Soumendu Roy; and film writer Ujjal Chakraborty Making "The Apu Trilogy": Satyajit Ray's epic debut, a new video essay by Ray biographer Andrew Robinson "The Apu Trilogy": a closer look, a new program featuring filmmaker, producer, and teacher Mamoun Hassan Excerpts from the 2003 documentary The Song of the Little Road, featuring composer Ravi Shankar The Creative Person: "Satyajit Ray," a 1967 half-hour documentary by James Beveridge, featuring interviews with Ray, several of his actors, members of his creative team, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta Footage of Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992 New programs on the restorations by filmmaker ::kogonada

Cast & Crew

Credits
Soumitra Chatterjee
Ravi Shankar
Pinaki Sengupta
Sharmila Tagore
Karuna Banerji
Smaran Ghosal
Subir Banerji
Swampan Mukerjee
S Aloke Chakravarty
Kanu Banerji
Runki Banerji
Uma Das Gupta
Ramani Sen Gupta
Charu Ghosh
Chunibala Devi
Reva Devi
Subodh Ganguly
Kali Charan Ray
Rama Gangopadhaya
Tulshi Chakraborty
Santi Gupta
K S Pandey
Harimoran Nag
Sudipta Ray
Ajay Mitra
Directors
Satyajit Ray