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The life and death of Colonel Blimp
Uniform Title
Life and death of Colonel Blimp (Motion picture)
Title
The life and death of Colonel Blimp / J. Arthur Rank presents ; a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
ISBN
9781604657036
1604657030
Edition
Two-DVD special ed.
Publication
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Copyright Notice Date
©2013
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (163 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([24] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
Notes
Wide screen (1.37:1).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1943.
Based on the character created by David Low.
"Janus Films ; ITV Studios Global Entertainment"--Container.
Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary featuring director Michael Powell and filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Disc 2: Video introduction by Scorsese; A profile of "The life and death of Colonel Blimp" (documentary from 2000); Restoration demonstration; Optimism and sheer will (a 2012 interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell); Stills gallery (featuring rare behind-the-scenes production stills); David Low's Colonel Blimp (gallery tracing the history David Low's original Colonel Blimp cartoons). Booklet featuring an essay by critic Molly Haskell.
Photographed by Georges Perinal ; edited by John Seabourne ; music composed and arranged by Allan Gray ; costumes designed by Joseph Bato ; production designed by Alfred Junge.
English dialogue; optional English SDH subtitles.
Summary
It is considered by many to be the finest British film ever made. A stirring masterpiece like no other. The indelible General Clive Candy barely survives four decades of tumultuous British history (1902 to 1942), only to see the world change irrevocably before his eyes. Blimp is both moving and slyly satirical, an incomparable film about war, love, and aging.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 06, 2017
Series
The Criterion collection ; 173
Credits
Photographed by Georges Perinal ; edited by John Seabourne ; music composed and arranged by Allan Gray ; costumes designed by Joseph Bato ; production designed by Alfred Junge.
Cast
Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr, Roger Livesey, Roland Culver, Harry Welchman, Arthur Wontner, Albert Lieven, John Laurie, Ursula Jeans, James McKechnie, Reginald Tate, David Hutcheson, A.E. Matthews.
System details note
DVD, NTSC region 1; widescreen (1.37:1) presentation; PCM mono.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC2239D The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
War films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures - Great Britain.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
War films.
Motion pictures - Great Britain.
Also listed under
Janus Films.
ITV Studios.
Archers (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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