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Mrs. Miniver
Uniform Title
Mrs. Miniver (Motion picture : 1942)
Title
Mrs. Miniver [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; producers, Sidney Franklin, William Wyler ; writers, George Froeschal, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis ; director, William Wyler.
ISBN
0790746646
Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2004], c1942.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
Based on the novel by Jan Struther.
Special features: Greer Garson Academy Award footage; photo gallery (33 stills); 2 vintage MGM wartime shorts: "Mr. Blabbermouth" & "For the common defense"; theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; editor, Harold F. Kress ; music, Herbert Stothart ; costume designer, Robert Kalloch.
English or dubbed French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Summary
The story of a middle-class British family and their struggle to survive during WWII. Mrs. Miniver nobly tends her rose garden while her stalwart husband participates in the evacuation at Dunkirk. She personifies grace under pressure as the Miniver family huddles in their bomb shelter during a Luftwaffe attack, while she is forced to confront a downed Nazi paratrooper in her kitchen, and while she is preparing for her annual flower show - despite the exigencies of bombing raids. Even the vicar's climactic call to arms from the pulpit of his ruined church seems to bring out the best in people.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; French
Added to Catalog
February 09, 2004
Credits
Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; editor, Harold F. Kress ; music, Herbert Stothart ; costume designer, Robert Kalloch.
Cast
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Henry Wilcoxon, Christopher Severn.
System details note
DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
65196 Warner Home Video
Subjects
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
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