The brig
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"An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work details for the course of a single day, submitting in the course of it to extremely harsh and shocking physical and mental degradation and abuse"--IMDb.
Credits
- Cast
- Tom Lillard, Henry Howard, Jim Anderson, Warren Finnerty, Jim Tiroff, Steven Ben Israel, Rufus Collins, Gene Lipton, Michael Elias, William Shari, Viktor Allen, George Bartenieff, Gene Gordon, Mark Duffy, Henry Proach, Luke Theodore, Carl Einhorn; Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019, film director (director of photography); Brown, Kenneth H., author (screenwriter); David C. Stone (film producer); Judith Malina (stage director); Tom Lillard (actor); Howard, Henry, 1927- actor; Anderson, James (Jim) (actor); Warren Finnerty (actor); James Tiroff (actor); Steve Ben Israel (actor); Rufus Collins (actor); Gene Lipton (actor); Michael Elias (actor); William Shari (actor); Viktor Allen (actor); George Bartenieff (actor); Gordon, Gene (Actor) (actor); Duffy, Mark (Actor) (actor); Henry Proach (actor); Luke Theodore (actor); Carl Einhorn (actor); Adolfas Mekas (editor of moving image work); Julian Beck (production designer); Storm De Hirsch (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Jonas Mekas shooting The brig. | Newsreel: Jonas in the brig. | Jonas.
Original source: Filmed live on the stage of The Living Theatre 1964. | Part of a boxed set "Jonas Mekas." | This disc is a PAL format DVD and will not play in standard North American DVD players. | Based on the stage play by Kenneth H. Brown. | Originally filmed in 16mm. | Special feature: Newsreel : Jonas Mekas shooting The brig / photographed on stage at The Living Theatre by Storm de Hirsch (1964; 6 min). | Stage director, Judith Malina ; set design, Julian Beck ; photography, Jonas Mekas ; editing, Adolfas Mekas.
Release: [Paris?] : Potemkine : Agnès B. DVD : Re:Voir, [2012]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : ill. ; 18 cm) | monochrome | PAL | video file all regions | DVD video
Subjects: Military prisons -- United States -- Drama | Military discipline -- United States -- Drama | Military discipline | Military prisons | United States
Country: United States
Language note: In English, with optional subtitles in French, English and Lithuanian.
Awards: Grand Prix of St. Mark, Venice Film Festival, 1964.
Original source: Filmed live on the stage of The Living Theatre 1964. | Part of a boxed set "Jonas Mekas." | This disc is a PAL format DVD and will not play in standard North American DVD players. | Based on the stage play by Kenneth H. Brown. | Originally filmed in 16mm. | Special feature: Newsreel : Jonas Mekas shooting The brig / photographed on stage at The Living Theatre by Storm de Hirsch (1964; 6 min). | Stage director, Judith Malina ; set design, Julian Beck ; photography, Jonas Mekas ; editing, Adolfas Mekas.
Release: [Paris?] : Potemkine : Agnès B. DVD : Re:Voir, [2012]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : ill. ; 18 cm) | monochrome | PAL | video file all regions | DVD video
Subjects: Military prisons -- United States -- Drama | Military discipline -- United States -- Drama | Military discipline | Military prisons | United States
Country: United States
Language note: In English, with optional subtitles in French, English and Lithuanian.
Awards: Grand Prix of St. Mark, Venice Film Festival, 1964.
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Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:09