A Canterbury tale / Janus Films ; a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

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...

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Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 341.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Janus Films
Archers (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Powell, Michael, 1905-1990
Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988
Portman, Eric, 1901-1969
Sim, Sheila, 1922-2016
Price, Dennis, 1915-1973
Sweet, John, 1916-
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Fuller, Graham, 1956-
Bagh, Peter von, 1943-2014
Burgin, Victor
Jennings, Humphrey
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Dialogue in English; closed captioned.
Published: Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, [2006], ©2006.
Edition:Standard format (1.33:first).
Series:Criterion collection ; 341.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Genre:
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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500 |a Based on the work: The Canterbury tales / by Geoffrey Chaucer. 
500 |a 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). 
500 |a 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.). 
500 |a 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. 
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508 |a Photography, Erwin Hillier ; editor, John Seabourne ; original music, Allan Gray. 
511 1 |a Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet. 
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