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DVD is for non-commercial use in educational facilities only. No admission may be charged for exhibition. Copyright holder reserves any and all rights and licenses not expressly granted as part of the sale of this DVD.

NTSC Format - Green Friendly Eco-Wallet DVD Packaging used.

Includes two (2) 11x17 Posters.

"No Subtitles Necessary" follows the lives of renowned cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond from escaping the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary to present day. As film students in Hungary, they shot footage of the Russian invasion of Budapest and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, they fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera to begin shooting movies.

Both rose to prominence in the late 60's and 70's having shot films such as "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces," "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," "Deliverance," "Paper Moon," and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." During that time, working with directors including Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Martin Scorsese, they helped define a new American film aesthetic, and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories.

This is the story of a 50 year journey, an intimate portrait of two giants of modern imagemaking and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road.

REVIEWS
"Still inadequately renowned for having literally supplied the pictures, gritty and pretty, of the 1970s New Hollywood, Hungary-born lensers Vilmos Zsigmond and the late Laszlo Kovacs are warmly illuminated in "No Subtitles Necessary." Spanning the pair's half-century-long friendship and individual work on strikingly shot films of the past four decades, pic deftly combines personal, political and cinematic histories through anecdote-laden interviews and eye-popping clips.” – Variety

“When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960's and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them." – Leonard Maltin

“These guys are legends but the whole thing transcends all over, to decide your own destiny, against all odds…

 Movie is a must for anybody aiming to own his life.” – R.M. Guera, blogger

Cast

Featuring
Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich, John Boorman, Sandra Bullock, Graeme Clifford, Allen Daviau, ASC, Richard Donner, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Leonard Maltin,Tatum O’Neal, Bob Rafelson, Owen Roizman, ASC, Mark Rydell, Ray Dennis Steckler, Vittorio Storaro, AIC, ASC, Jon Voight, Haskell Wexler, John Williams, Irwin Winkler and Sharon Stone

With
Bob Fisher, Audrey Kovács, Julianna Kovács, Nadia Kovács, Ellen Kuras, ASC, Todd McCarthy, Rob McLachlan, ASC, Rachel Miner, Larry Parker, Steven Poster, ASC Dan Pritzker, William Richert, Crayton Smith, Peter Sorel, Susan Roether-Zsigmond

Festivals

OFFICIAL FESTIVAL SELECTIONS, AWARDS and SPECIAL SCREENINGS
2008
- Cannes Film Festival - World Premiere May 22, 2008
- Santa Fe Film Festival - WINNER - Best Documentary Film
- Starz-Denver Film Festival
- Big Bear Lake Film Festival
- Camerimage International Festival of Cinematography
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Special Screening
- American Film Institute - Special Screening

2009
- Palm Springs International Film Festival
- Gene Siskel Film Center - Chicago
- Sedona Film Festival
- Buenos Aires Int'l Film Festival
- Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
- Hong Kong International Film Festival
- Salem Film Festival
- Kansas City FilmFest
- Lake Arrowhead Film Festival - WINNER - Special Recognition Award
- Seattle True Independent
- Newport Beach Film Festival - WINNER - Outstanding Achievement in Documentary
- LA Greek Film Festival - WINNER - Orpheus Audience Award
- London - British Society of Cinematographers - Special Screening
- Oakland Underground Film Festival
- Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival - WINNER - David L. Wolper Best Documentary
- New Orleans Film Festival - WINNER - Best Documentary Feature
- Hollywood Film Festival
- Tribeca Film Center - New York - Special Screening
- Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles
- Oslo International Film Festival

2010
- Athens Special Screening

Production Credits & Notes

Director
James Chressanthis

Producers
Zachary Kranzler, Kian Soleimanpour, Tony Frere, James Chressanthis

Executive Producers
Jimmy Conroy II, David B. Kaminsky

Co-Executive Producers
Mahboobeh Soleimanpour, Art Monterastelli

Associate Producer
Ashley Lewis

Co-Producer, Editor
Elisa Bonora

Cinematographer
Anka Malatynska