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...
Uniform Title: | Criterion collection ;
341. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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Language: | English |
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Dialogue in English; closed captioned. |
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Irvington, N.Y. :
Criterion Collection,
[2006], ©2006.
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Edition: | Standard format (1.33:first). |
Series: | Criterion collection ;
341. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
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245 | 0 | 2 | |a A Canterbury tale / |c Janus Films ; a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. |
250 | |a Standard format (1.33:first). | ||
260 | |a Irvington, N.Y. : |b Criterion Collection, |c [2006], ©2006. | ||
300 | |a 2 videodiscs (124 min.) : |b sound, black and white ; |c 4 3/4 in. | ||
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500 | |a Standard format. | ||
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. | ||
500 | |a Videorecording. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Disc 1: the film: Prologue -- "Next stop, Canterbury" -- Mr. Colpeper -- Hand of glory -- Wheelwright -- "Things don't always add up" -- Landgirl -- Colpeper's lecture -- Village mystery -- Sticks and stones -- Salvage mission -- Miracles -- Higher courts -- "Always and organist" -- Caravan -- Heavenly messenger -- End credits -- Color bars. Special features: Optional audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie [audio feature]; American version excerpts [featuring Kim Hunter] (12 min) | |
508 | |a Photography, Erwin Hillier ; editor, John Seabourne ; original music, Allan Gray. | ||
511 | 1 | |a Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet. | |
520 | |a 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. | ||
521 | 8 | |a Not rated. | |
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546 | |a Dialogue in English; closed captioned. | ||
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