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A Canterbury tale
Title
A Canterbury tale [videorecording]
ISBN
1559409878
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.?] : Criterion Collection, c2006.
Physical Description
2 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Notes
Videodisc release of the 1944 British motion picture by the Archers.
Special features: (disc 1) audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie; excerpts from the American version with Kim Hunter; (disc 2) new interview with Sheila Sim; "A pilgrim's return," a documentary about John Sweet; "A Canterbury trail," a documentary vistit to film locations; "Listen to Britain," a 2001 video-installation piece by Victor Burgin inspired by the film; "Listen to Britain," a 1942 documentary by Humphrey Jennings.
Producers/writers/directors, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger ; photography, Erwin Hillier ; editor, John Seabourne ; original music, Allan Gray.
Summary
Reworking of Chaucer's epic 14th century tale, largely set in 1940s wartime Kent. It centers on three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer's pilgrims: a plainspoken American Army sergeant (Sweet), a resourceful British sergeant (Price), and a melancholy landgirl (Sim). While enroute to Canterbury, they are waylaid and forced to solve a bizarre village crime: the mystery of a man who pours glue over the hair of village girls at night.
Variant and related titles
Pilgim's return.
Canterbury trail.
Listen to Britain.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2023
Series
Criterion collection ; 341
Credits
Producers/writers/directors, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger ; photography, Erwin Hillier ; editor, John Seabourne ; original music, Allan Gray.
Cast
Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergeant John Sweet.
System details note
DVD; full screen (1.33:1) aspect ratio.
Audience
Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC1639D Criterion Collection
Subjects
Also listed under
Archers (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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