A happy mother's day /
When Mary Ann Fischer of Aberdeen, South Dakota gives birth to quintuplets in 1963, she finds herself caught up in a frenzy of civic pride and commercial exploitation. The filmmakers follow the Fischer family during the whirlwind days just after the birth of the quintuplets to the parade celebrating...
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| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Pennebaker Hegedus Films,
[2005?]
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| Summary: | When Mary Ann Fischer of Aberdeen, South Dakota gives birth to quintuplets in 1963, she finds herself caught up in a frenzy of civic pride and commercial exploitation. The filmmakers follow the Fischer family during the whirlwind days just after the birth of the quintuplets to the parade celebrating their one month birthday. The filmmakers follow the Fischer family during the days just after the birth of the quintuplets to the parade celebrating their one month birthday. Leacock was hired by the Saturday Evening Post to make a film about the Fischer quintuplets. When he showed the completed film to his sponsors, they did not approve of it. ABC acquired rights to all the footage he shot and made their own film entitled "The Fischer quintuplets". These unfortunate difficulties do allow a unique opportunity to contrast Leacock's approach with a network documentary. |
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| Item Description: | "Pennebaker Hegedus Films presents a film by Richard Leacock and Joyce Chopra."--Container. "C1963 Leacock-Pennebaker, Inc."--Container. "C1965 Leacock Pennebaker."--Ending credits for A happy mother's day. Videodisc release of a documentary motion picture produced in 1963, and a re-edited version produced in 1965. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (26, 29 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation. |