David Lean directs Noël Coward
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[United States] : The Criterion collection, 2012.
Format
DVD
ISBN
9781604655599 (set), 1604655593 (set), 9781604655605, 1604655607, 9781604655612, 1604655615, 9781604655629, 1604655623, 9781604655636, 1604655631
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs : sd., col. or b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (43 pages : ill. ; 19 cm).
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Wellfleet Public Library - Adult | DVD David | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adultery -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Comedy films
DVD-Video discs.
DVDs.
Ghost plays -- Videodiscs.
Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Housewives -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Medical drama -- Videodiscs.
Seances -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- London -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Comedy films
DVD-Video discs.
DVDs.
Ghost plays -- Videodiscs.
Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Housewives -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Medical drama -- Videodiscs.
Seances -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- London -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
More Details
Published
[United States] : The Criterion collection, 2012.
Language
English
ISBN
9781604655599 (set), 1604655593 (set), 9781604655605, 1604655607, 9781604655612, 1604655615, 9781604655629, 1604655623, 9781604655636, 1604655631
UPC
715515093316
Notes
General Note
Originally produced as motion pictures in 1942, 1944 and 1945.
General Note
Accompanying booklet includes essays by Ian Christie, Terrence Rafferty, Farran Smith Nehme, Geoffrey O'Brien, Kevin Brownlow.
General Note
"In which we serve" and "Brief encounter" are in black and white ; "This happy breed" and "Blithe spirit" are in color.
General Note
Four DVD special edition features: audio commentary on Brief Encounter by film historian Bruce Eder ; interviews with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day on all of the films ; interview with cinematographer Ronald Neame from 2010 ; short documentaries on the making of Why We Serve and Brief Encounter ; documentary David Lean: A Self Portrait ; episode of the British television series The Southbank Show from 1992 ; audio recording of a 1969 conversation between actor Richard Attenborough and Coward ; trailers ; booklet featuring essays by critics.
General Note
For specific features see interactive menu.
Description
"In which we serve": The story of the H.M.S. Torrin, a British naval ship, from its construction through its destruction in World War II. As the surviving crew cling to life boats and wreckage awaiting rescue, they flashback to their homes and loved ones and in so doing recall just why they are fighting and whom they are fighting for
Description
"This happy breed": The story of a London family from 1919 to 1939, and their struggle to maintain a stable life in the period between the two World Wars
Description
"Blithe spirit": A cynical, self-absorbed novelist sets out to expose a fake medium and ends up with the amorous ghost of his first wife on his hands
Description
"Brief encounter": After a chance meeting on a train station, a married doctor and a suburban housewife enter into a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair
System Details
DVD ; NTSC ; Dolby digital ; region 1.
Language
English dialogue.
Language
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lean, D., Coward, N., Neame, R., Havelock-Allan, A., Harrison, R., Cummings, C., & Hammond, K. (2012). David Lean directs Noël Coward . The Criterion collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)David Lean et al.. 2012. David Lean Directs Noël Coward. The Criterion collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)David Lean et al.. David Lean Directs Noël Coward The Criterion collection, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lean, David, et al. David Lean Directs Noël Coward The Criterion collection, 2012.
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