Medium

UPC: 089948421894

Studio: Video Artists International

Summary: Filmed opera can be deadly if not done right; fortunately, The Medium is in the loving and capable directorial hands of the man who wrote the piece, Gian-Carlo Menotti. Slightly expanded from the one-act stage version, this is the story of fraudulent medium Marie Powers, whose mute and crippled son Leo Coleman helps to fleece her customers. During one seance, Powers feels a hand clutching her throat. She assumes it is her put-upon son who is responsible. Tossed out in a driving rain, Coleman returns to visit his sweetheart Anna Maria Alberghetti (another of the medium's beleaguered assistants). His mother, assuming that her house has been invaded by burglars, kills the boy. Whether or not her punishment is Divine Intervention is left for the viewer to ponder. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best British Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Musical Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Operatic Film – Cannes Film Festival

Features: [None specified]

Medium

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 08/27/2002

Audio: 1 USA & territories, Canada

Runtime: 80 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: Universal Compatability

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Prelude (Opening Credits) [1:44]
2. I Shall Have a Kingdom [5:11]
3. How Many Times I've Told You [2:21]
4. Good Evening, Madame Flora [5:27]
5. It's Time to Begin [7:36]
6. What Is It? Who Is It? [4:20]
7. Ah, Madame Flora [3:48]
8. Baba! Baba! [6:52]
9. Who's There? [5:41]
10. Toby... Look at Me [3:04]
11. Bravo! And After the Theatre... [7:35]
12. Where is Monica? [6:07]
13. Baba, What Did You Do to Him [6:02]
14. Toby! Toby! [3:31]
15. Afraid, Am I Afraid? [5:25]
16. Who's There? Answer Me! [4:36]

Cast and Crew: Donald Morgan  Actor 
Gian Carlo Menotti  Director 
Gian Carlo Menotti  Composer (Music Score) 
Gian Carlo Menotti  Screenwriter 
Marie Powers  Actor 
Anna Maria Alberghetti  Actor 
Leo Coleman  Actor 
Belva Kibler  Actor 
Beverly Dame  Actor 

Country: USA