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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
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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Hall, Willis, 1929-2005, author, screenwriter.
Contributor:
Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003, director.
Janni, Joseph, 1916-1994, producer.
Courtenay, Tom, actor.
Christie, Julie, 1941- actor.
Bennett, Richard Rodney, composer.
Waterhouse, Keith.
Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors, producer.
Janus Films, producer.
Rialto Pictures LLC, producer.
Studio Canal+, producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
Class of 1953 Fund.
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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