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Brief encounter
Uniform Title
Brief encounter (Motion picture : 1945)
Title
Brief encounter / produced by Noël Coward ; directed by David Lean.
ISBN
9781681431420
1681431424
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the play Still Life by Noel Coward. Adapted by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan (all uncredited).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945.
"High-definition digital transfer of the BFI National Archive's 2008 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack."
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features: audio commentary from 2000 by film historian Bruce Eder; interview from 2012 with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day; a profile of "Brief encounter," a short documentary from 2000 on the making of the films; David Lean: a self portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean's career; trailer; essay by historian Kevin Brownlow.
Director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Jack Harris ; music director, Muir Mathieson, conducting the National Symphony Orchestra ; piano soloist, Eileen Joyce.
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Summary
After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor and a suburban housewife enter into a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2019
Series
The Criterion collection ; 76
Credits
Director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Jack Harris ; music director, Muir Mathieson, conducting the National Symphony Orchestra ; piano soloist, Eileen Joyce.
Cast
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everly Gregg, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Valentine Dyall.
System details note
Blu-ray; mono; region A; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
CC2617BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Romance films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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