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The.Householder.1963.NTSC.DVDR-DVDR

THEATRE DATE....: 10/21/1963
RELEASE DATE....: 8/04/2011
STORE DATE......: 4/27/2004
GENRE...........: Drama/Comedy
RATiNG..........: 6.7/10 (136 votes)
NO. SCREENiNGS..: ???

RUNTiME.........: 101 Minutes
ViDEO BiTRATE...: Untouched
AUDiO BiTRATE...: 192 kBit/s AC3 DD 1.0 at 48KHZ, EN
ASPECT RATiO....: 4:3
ARCHiVES........: dvdr-the.householder.rar  *92x50MB*
DVD SiZE........: *4.22 GB* *4,323 MB* *4,426,870 KB*
SUBTiTLES.......: EN

The Householder was the very first collaboration between producer Ismael Merchant and James Ivory.
A pleasant, low-key domestic comedy, the film details the travails of a young married couple. The husband
(Shashi Kapoor) had wanted no part of the arranged marriage in the first place: now he must not only deal
with a virtual stranger for a wife, but also a passle of financial headaches. Despite the unfamiliarity
of the surroundings, American filmgoers should recognize several universal truths in this touching tale.
The script was the handiwork of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, adapted from her own novel; Jhabvala would remain
a valuable member of the Merchant-Ivory aggregation. Offering an uncredited assist in the editing room
was none other than legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray.

Director         ...     James Ivory

Shashi Kapoor         ...         Prem Sagar
Leela Naidu         ...         Indu
Durga Khote         ...         The Mother
Achala Sachdev         ...         Mrs. Saigal
Pahadi Sanyal         ...         The Swami

The DVD is undersized. It was either leave the movie untouched and skip all extras but end up with an
undersized release or reencode it to allow room for one of the extras reencoded for a smaller size. I
chose the former. Skipped were an interview with Merchant and Ivory and their two earliest short films.

IMDB: http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0057162/
RETAIL DVD: http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=587359

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