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Billy Liar / Janus Films ; Rialto Pictures ; Studio Canal ; Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd. ; screenplay by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall ; produced by Joseph Janni ; directed by John Schlesinger.
LIBRA DVD 011 874 disc + leaflet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Willis, 1929-2005, author, screenwriter.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 121.
- The criterion collection ; 121
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waterhouse, Keith--Film adaptations.
- Waterhouse, Keith.
- Hall, Willis--Film adaptations.
- Hall, Willis.
- Undertakers and undertaking--Drama.
- Undertakers and undertaking.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + leaflet ([8] pages, folded ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2001]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; monoaural.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertaker's.
- Participant:
- Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Denys Coop; film editor, Roger Cherrill; music, Richard Rodney Bennett.
- Notes:
- "Dual layer."
- Based on the novel and play by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
- Special features include: audio commentary featuring director John Schlesinger and actors Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie; excerpts from "Northern Lights", and episode of the BBC series Hollywood U.K. ... ; theatrical trailer.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0780024311
- OCLC:
- 47731583
- Publisher Number:
- BIL040 Home Vision
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