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New Factory-Sealed LD's Carnal Knowledge Widescreen Criterion #140 Rare NEW LaserDisc Bergen Drama

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Carnal Knowledge

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1275L )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Carnal Knowledge
1971 - 97 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Charting the shift in America's sexual mores over the course of three decades, Mike Nichols's thoroughly provocative drama focuses on the bitter experiences of two middle-class American males. Jonathan (Jack Nicholson), a cruel but charismatic misogynist, and Sandy (Art Garfunkel), a bland idealist, meet as roommates at a small New England college in the 1940s. As their friendship progresses through the following decades, their search for the ideal woman leads to failed marriages, bad relationships, and emotional emptiness. 

Nichols is particularly adept at negotiating the twisted psychological terrain established by acclaimed cartoonist-turned-screenwriter Jules Feiffer. While Nicholson is, as always, fascinating to watch, the supporting women, including Candice Bergen and Ann-Margret, supply the film with its soul. In addition to employing a shadowy film noir technique that underscores the movie's exploration of the uncertainty in relationships, Nichols also shoots CARNAL KNOWLEDGE in long close-ups, which adds even more intensity to the already savage, bleak vision of men, women, and ill-fated romance.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
"Maybe you're not supposed to like it with someone you love." With a script by satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer, Mike Nichols's Carnal Knowledge (1971) ruthlessly exposed the damage wrought by pre-1960s sexual mores. From their post-World War II college years at Amherst through the Vietnam era, buddies Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) and Sandy (Art Garfunkel) are a catalogue of male sexual dysfunction. Sensitive Sandy falls in love with and marries college sweetheart Susan (Candice Bergen) only to wonder years later if he missed out on finding the perfect sex/love partner. Jonathan lives for aggressive sexual conquest (starting with Sandy's Susan in college), even as he rails against female "ballbusters," finally guilt-marrying his tiredly voluptuous mistress Bobbie (Ann-Margret, in an Oscar-nominated performance) after she tries to kill herself. By the late '60s, Sandy has moved on to a hippie chick girlfriend (Carol Kane) who can raise his consciousness about the sexual revolution, and Jonathan is single again, but Sandy is a little too old for the peace-and-love generation, and Jonathan bitterly faces emasculating impotence. --- Lucia Bozzola

Pushing the limits of the still-young MPAA ratings system, Mike Nichols and Jules Feiffer approached the Carnal Knowledge's emphatically adult subject matter with a then-shocking candor that was seen as at once a catharsis for the male filmmakers and an expose of their generation. There are no happy endings for either idealist Sandy or predator Jonathan, as Nichols and Feiffer implicitly link their sexual values to male greed and solipsism. While critical opinion was split over whether Carnal Knowledge was a mature inquiry into America's dirty secrets or a slick, empty case study of pathology, 1971 audiences responded --- whether with cringing recognition or youthful pleasure at their elders' idiocy --- and Carnal Knowledge became a hit. Even if its language and sex may no longer seem as controversial, Carnal Knowledge remains an acute dissection of male emotional infancy. --- Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Carnal Knowledge

Jack Nicholson - Jonathan
Arthur Garfunkel - Sandy
Candice Bergen - Susan
Ann-Margret - Bobbie
Cynthia O'Neal - Cindy
Rita Moreno - Louise
Carol Kane - Jennifer

Crew for Carnal Knowledge

Anthea Sylbert - Costume Designer
Giuseppe Rotunno - Cinematographer
Richard Portman - First Assistant Director
Clive Reed - Associate Producer
Lawrence O. Jost - Sound/Sound Designer
Joseph E. Levine - Executive Producer
Jules Feiffer - Screenwriter
Sam O'Steen - Editor
Mike Nichols - Producer / Director
Robert Luthardt - Art Director
George R. Nelson - Set Designer

Awards for Carnal Knowledge

Best Supporting Actress (nom) Ann-Margret 1971 Academy
Best Screenwriting Jules Feiffer 1971 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Ann-Margaret 1971 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) 1972 Golden Globe

Feature Details

Title: Carnal Knowledge
Feature Release Date: 1971
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 97 Minutes
Chapters: 20
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 8 Aug 1991
Catalog Number: CC1275L
UPC: 715515002516
ISBN: 1559401702
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1275L-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Factory-Sealed, Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint Condition with a compressed corner

Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen and Ann-Margret in...

Carnal Knowledge

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1275L )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Not Available on Criterion DVD
Isolated Music and Effects Track on Left Analog Channel
Color Bars
See the History of Criterion LaserDiscs at DaDon's...

Carnal Knowledge
1971 - 97 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Charting the shift in America's sexual mores over the course of three decades, Mike Nichols's thoroughly provocative drama focuses on the bitter experiences of two middle-class American males. Jonathan (Jack Nicholson), a cruel but charismatic misogynist, and Sandy (Art Garfunkel), a bland idealist, meet as roommates at a small New England college in the 1940s. As their friendship progresses through the following decades, their search for the ideal woman leads to failed marriages, bad relationships, and emotional emptiness. 

Nichols is particularly adept at negotiating the twisted psychological terrain established by acclaimed cartoonist-turned-screenwriter Jules Feiffer. While Nicholson is, as always, fascinating to watch, the supporting women, including Candice Bergen and Ann-Margret, supply the film with its soul. In addition to employing a shadowy film noir technique that underscores the movie's exploration of the uncertainty in relationships, Nichols also shoots CARNAL KNOWLEDGE in long close-ups, which adds even more intensity to the already savage, bleak vision of men, women, and ill-fated romance.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
"Maybe you're not supposed to like it with someone you love." With a script by satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer, Mike Nichols's Carnal Knowledge (1971) ruthlessly exposed the damage wrought by pre-1960s sexual mores. From their post-World War II college years at Amherst through the Vietnam era, buddies Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) and Sandy (Art Garfunkel) are a catalogue of male sexual dysfunction. Sensitive Sandy falls in love with and marries college sweetheart Susan (Candice Bergen) only to wonder years later if he missed out on finding the perfect sex/love partner. Jonathan lives for aggressive sexual conquest (starting with Sandy's Susan in college), even as he rails against female "ballbusters," finally guilt-marrying his tiredly voluptuous mistress Bobbie (Ann-Margret, in an Oscar-nominated performance) after she tries to kill herself. By the late '60s, Sandy has moved on to a hippie chick girlfriend (Carol Kane) who can raise his consciousness about the sexual revolution, and Jonathan is single again, but Sandy is a little too old for the peace-and-love generation, and Jonathan bitterly faces emasculating impotence. --- Lucia Bozzola

Pushing the limits of the still-young MPAA ratings system, Mike Nichols and Jules Feiffer approached the Carnal Knowledge's emphatically adult subject matter with a then-shocking candor that was seen as at once a catharsis for the male filmmakers and an expose of their generation. There are no happy endings for either idealist Sandy or predator Jonathan, as Nichols and Feiffer implicitly link their sexual values to male greed and solipsism. While critical opinion was split over whether Carnal Knowledge was a mature inquiry into America's dirty secrets or a slick, empty case study of pathology, 1971 audiences responded --- whether with cringing recognition or youthful pleasure at their elders' idiocy --- and Carnal Knowledge became a hit. Even if its language and sex may no longer seem as controversial, Carnal Knowledge remains an acute dissection of male emotional infancy. --- Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Carnal Knowledge

Jack Nicholson - Jonathan
Arthur Garfunkel - Sandy
Candice Bergen - Susan
Ann-Margret - Bobbie
Cynthia O'Neal - Cindy
Rita Moreno - Louise
Carol Kane - Jennifer

Crew for Carnal Knowledge

Anthea Sylbert - Costume Designer
Giuseppe Rotunno - Cinematographer
Richard Portman - First Assistant Director
Clive Reed - Associate Producer
Lawrence O. Jost - Sound/Sound Designer
Joseph E. Levine - Executive Producer
Jules Feiffer - Screenwriter
Sam O'Steen - Editor
Mike Nichols - Producer / Director
Robert Luthardt - Art Director
George R. Nelson - Set Designer

Awards for Carnal Knowledge

Best Supporting Actress (nom) Ann-Margret 1971 Academy
Best Screenwriting Jules Feiffer 1971 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Ann-Margaret 1971 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) 1972 Golden Globe

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