Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other title: | Pilgim's return. Canterbury trail. Listen to Britain.
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Other authors / contributors: | Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.
Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988
Portman, Eric, 1901-1969
Sim, Sheila.
Price, Dennis, 1915-1973.
Sweet, John, 1916-
Archers (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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ISBN: | 1559409878
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Notes: | 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. Videodisc release of the 1944 British motion picture by the Archers. Producers/writers/directors, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger ; photography, Erwin Hillier ; editor, John Seabourne ; original music, Allan Gray. Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergeant John Sweet. DVD; full screen (1.33:1) aspect ratio. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
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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.
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Target Audience: | Not rated.
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Standard no.: | 715515018920
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Publisher's no.: | CC1639D Criterion Collection
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