Description |
2 videodisc (DVD) (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
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Criterion Collection ; 341 |
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Criterion collection ; 341
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Summary |
Reworking of Chaucer's epic 14th century tale, largely set in 1940s wartime Kent, with three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer's pilgrims: a plainspoken American Army sergeant, a resourceful British sergeant, and a melancholy girl. While enroute to Canterbury they are waylaid and forced to solve a local crime, the mystery of a man who pours glue over the hair of village girls at night |
Notes |
Based on the work: The Canterbury tales / by Geoffrey Chaucer |
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Special features (disc 1): Optional audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie; "American version excerpts" featuring the prologue and ending sequence of the American version with Kim Hunter (12 min) |
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Special features (disc 2): "Sheila Sim interview" featuring Sim's recollections of the production (20 min.); "John Sweet: a pilgrim's return," a documentary on Sweet's 2000 return to Canterbury to speak at the Kent International Film Festival (23 min.); "A Canterbury trail," a tour-guide documentary of the actual film locations (24 min.); "Listen to Britain," a 2001 video-installation piece by English artist Victor Burgin inspired by the film of the same name with an introduction by Burgin (7 min.); "Listen to Britain," a 1942 documentary by Humphrey Jennings (19 min.) |
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Program notes on container insert include an essay "A Canterbury Tale: 'Glorious, isn't it?'" by film writer Graham Fuller, an essay "A tribute" by film historian Peter von Bagh, and an excerpt from "The Making of A Canterbury tale" from an essay by actor Sweet, originally featured on the Powell and Pressburger Appreciation Society's website |
Credits |
Photography, Erwin Hillier ; editor, John Seabourne ; original music, Allan Gray |
Cast |
Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet |
Notes |
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital mono |
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Not rated |
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In English |
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Closed captioned |
Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Adaptations.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Kent -- Drama.
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Travelers -- England -- Kent -- Drama.
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Country life -- England -- Kent -- Drama.
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SUBJECT |
England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043325 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery films.
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Feature films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Adaptations.
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Drama.
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Author |
Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.
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Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.
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Portman, Eric, 1901-1969.
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Sim, Sheila, 1922-2016.
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Price, Dennis, 1915-1973.
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Sweet, John, 1916-
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Canterbury tales.
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Fuller, Graham, 1956-
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Bagh, Peter von, 1943-2014.
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Burgin, Victor.
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Jennings, Humphrey.
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Janus Films.
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Archers (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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ISBN |
1559409878 |
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9781559409872 |
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