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Product Details
- Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow
- Director: Milos Forman
- Writer: Peter Shaffer
- Producers: Bertil Ohlsson, Michael Hausman, Saul Zaentz
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Subtitles: English, French
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: December 17, 1997
- Run Time: 160 minutes
- ASIN: 6304712936
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