Chris & Don: A Love Story DVD

Release Year: 2007

Runtime: 90 min

Directors: Guido Santi, Tina Mascara

Cast: W.H. Auden, Ted Bachardy, Liza Minnelli, Gloria Stuart, Michael York

Studios: Zeitgeist Films

Chris & Don chronicles the lifelong relationship between author Christopher Isherwood and his much younger lover, artist Don Bachardy, and it combines present-day interviews, archival footage shot by the couple from the 1950s, excerpts from Isherwood's diaries, and playful animations to recount their romance.

Special Features:

16:9 anamorphic transfer

Additional home movies, including footage from the sets of The Rose Tattoo (1955) and King Vidor’s War and Peace (1956)

Deleted sequences with Don Bachardy, including an interview on gay marriage

Deleted interviews with actresses Leslie Caron (Gigi) and Gloria Stuart (Titanic), and filmmaker John Boorman (Point Blank)

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

Stereo and 5.1 soundtracks

U.S. theatrical trailer

“Chris by Don”: An 8-page booklet of Bachardy’s selected paintings of Isherwood

Technical Specifications:

• 16:9 anamorphic transfer
• Stereo and 5.1 soundtracks