DVD The man who shot chinatown -A portrait of John A Alonzo PAL

Length 77 min
Publisher Montagnola Productions Limited
Format DVD PAL
Region 0
Aspect 16:9
Main Language English
Subtitles: German, Spanish
German Voice-Over Version

DVD EXTRAS/ BONUS-FEATURES

110 min Extra Bonus Features
Additional interview excerpts with William Friedkin, Roger Ebert, Richard Dreyfuss, Sally Field, Mike Figgis, Frank Sinatra Jr., John Toll ASC, Sid Levin, Michael Crichton, John McNaughton, Robert E. Relyea, George Dibie ASC and many others
Audio commentary with director, producer and cameraman
German & Spanish subtitles
German Voice-Over
Photogallery
John A. Alonzo/Martin Ritt Cartoon
John A. Alonzo’s Sculptures
Booklet

CAST
Sally Field, Richard Dreyfuss, William Friedkin, Roger Ebert, Haskell Wexler ASC, John Toll ASC, Michael Crichton, Frank Sinatra Jr., Mike Figgis, John McNaughton, Sid Levin, Robert E.Relyea, George Dibie ASC, Jan Alonzo, Gorgiana Alonzo, Tina Ritt, Bernie Williams, Phil Radin, John Galt, Andy Sidaris, Pernell Tyus, Horrace Jordan, Alan Gitlin, Fred Caruso, Lon Thompson, Didier Koskas, Dash Morrison, Ron Koch, Taz Goldstein, Rob Moniot, Rick Wolfe, Father Joseph Burke

This is the story of a young Mexican farmer boy, who against all odds became one of the most influential characters in the field of cinematography.
It is a 77 minutes portrait of a man whose passion for films encompassed and promoted the immense power of film as an art form and the craft of cinematography as crucial to its impact on the viewing audience.
Interviews with actors Sally Field and Richard Dreyfuss, the American Film Critic Roger Ebert, the directors William Friedkin, Mike Figgis, John McNaughton as well as the author and director Michael Crichton and the cinematographers Haskell Wexler A.S.C., John Toll, A.S.C., and many colleagues and friends like Frank Sinatra Jr. shine some light on Alonzo’s creative process.
His exceptional capacities as a cinematographer will be explained with the use of film clips from Harold & Maude, Vanishing Point, Sounder, Chinatown, Norma Rae, Scarface, Farewell, My Lovely, Blue Thunder, Internal Affairs and many others.

DIRECTOR: AXEL SCHILL
SCRIPT: STEPHANIE BAHR & AXEL SCHILL
PRODUCER: STEPHANIE BAHR
CO-PRODUCER: STEVE MILNE
DOP: VOLKER GLÄSER
1ST ASS. CAMERA: MAY RIGLER & CARL RAJATSKI
EDITOR: PETER WIGGINS
SOUND & MUSIC: GERD “IDE” LÖDIGE