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©1999
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1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
Based on authentic historical records, this gives a chilling account of the disaster that befell one small town in Wisconsin in the 1890's. Black River Falls seems gripped by a peculiar madness, and its weekly newspaper is full of bizarre stories of violent death and wildly eccentric behavior. As epidemics decimate the infant population and the local economy collapses, the townsfolk are haunted by ghosts, possessed by demons, and terrorized by a cocaine-snorting, window-smashing madwoman
Adapted from the book "Wisconsin death trip" by Michael Lesy
Special features: director & director of photography commentary track; deleted scenes; "Midwestern gothic: the making-of 'Wisconsin death trip'"; essay by Greil Marcus
Director of photography, Eigil Bryld ; narrator, Ian Holm ; art director, Carol Hirschi ; editor, Jinx Godfrey ; costume designer, Ellen Kozak
Jo Vukelich, Jeffrey Golden, Marilyn White, John Schneider, Marcus Monroe, Raeleen McMillion, Krista Granbow
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo