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Portrait of Jason Cover Image DVD DVD

Portrait of Jason

Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997 (filmmaker.). Holliday, Jason, 1924-1998 (interviewee.). Milestone Film & Video (publisher.). Oscilloscope Pictures, (publisher.).

Summary: This portrait of Jason Holliday, a black gay prostitute who dreams of a career as a nightclub performer, is drawn from twelve consecutive hours of filming in a New York City apartment.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781933920634
  • ISBN: 1933920637
  • Physical Description: videodisc
    1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Harrington Park, N.J.] : Milestone Film & Video, [2014]
  • Distributor: [New York, New York] : Exclusively distributed by Oscilloscope, [2014]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Filmed interview.
Title from container.
Originally released in 1967; re-released in 2013; re-released with additional features in 2014.
"Restoration by the Academy Film Archive, Milestone Films and Modern Videofilm"--Container
Formatted Contents Note: Special features: The lost confrontation (7 min.) -- Where's Shirley? (25 min.) -- Jason in color! (3 min.) -- Portrait of Jason trailer (2 min.) -- Jason, before and after (2 min.); Butterfly (1967, 4 min.) -- Shirley Clarke in underground New York (1967, 10 min.) -- Jason unleashed (audio outtakes) (35 min.) -- Pacifica Radio interview with Shirley Clarke [audio only] (1967, 53 min.) -- Jason Holliday comedy album [audio only] (1967, 54 min.).
Participant or Performer Note: Featuring Jason Holliday.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; full screen presentation.
Language Note:
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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Genre: Filmed interviews.
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