Doctor Zhivago [videorecording] / David Lean's film of Doctor Zhivago Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; a Carlo Ponti production ; produced by Carlo Ponti ; screenplay by Robert Bolt ; directed by David Lean. - Special ed. ; widescreen version. - Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2001. - 2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Double-sided disc must be flipped halfway through. Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. Based on the novel by Boris Pasternak. Special features: [disc 1] introduction by Omar Sharif; audio commentary by Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, and Sandra Lean; music-only track. [disc 2] Cast & crew ; Doctor Zhivago: the making of a Russian epic (1995; 59 min.); 10 vintage documentaries, original trailer, awards.

[Disc 1, sides A & B] Doctor Zhivago -- [disc. 2] Special features.

Director of photography, Freddie Young ; film editor, Norman Savage ; original music composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre. Documentary presented by Turner Home Entertainment. Director of photography, Freddie Young ; film editor, Norman Savage ; original music composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre. Documentary presented by Turner Home Entertainment.

Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham. Introduction to motion picture and narrator of documentary, Omar Sharif.

A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.

MPAA rating: PG-13; mature themes.


DVD, region 1, dual-layer format.


English and dubbed French soundtracks, optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish; closed-captioned.

Academy Award, 1966: Best art direction, set decoration; Best cinematography, color; Best costume design, color; Best music, score (substantially original); Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium.

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Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960 --Film and video adaptations.


Physicians--Russia--Drama.
Physicians--Russia--Drama.


Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Drama.
Russia--History--Revolution, 1905-1907--Drama.
Uniâon Soviâetica--Historia--Revoluciâon 1917-1921--Teatro.
Rusia--Historia--1905-1907--Teatro.
Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Drama.
Russia--History--1905, Revolution--Drama.


Feature films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.

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