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Kind hearts and coronets / Studio Canal Image UK Ltd. ; Ealing Studios presents a Michael Balcon production ; produced by Michael Balcon ; screenplay by Robert Hamer, John Dighton ; directed by Robert Hamer.
LIBRA DVD 004 999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 325.
- The Criterion collection ; 325
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horniman, Roy, 1874-1930--Film adaptations.
- Horniman, Roy.
- Horniman, Roy, 1874-1930.
- Disinheritance--England--Drama.
- Disinheritance.
- Serial murders--England--Drama.
- Serial murders.
- Motion pictures, British.
- England.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Dark comedy films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 pages ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Special edition ; Full screen presentation.
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection ; Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2006]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC; Dolby Digital mono; Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Impatient to become duke, the ninth in line decides to eliminate the eight relatives standing in his way in this tart black comedy. Obstructing the path to his title is Alec Guinness, in one of his greatest performances, playing all eight relatives.
- Contents:
- Disc 1. The film
- disc 2. The supplements.
- Participant:
- Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Audrey Fildes, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton, John Penrose, Cecil Ramage.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Douglas Slocumbe ; editor, Peter Tanner.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Roy Horniman.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
- Special features: feature-length BBC documentary on the history of Ealing Studios; rare, 70-minute talk show appearance by Alec Guinness from 1977; gallery of archival production and publicity photographs; a new essay by film critic and historian Philip Kemp.
- ISBN:
- 1559409673
- OCLC:
- 63168109
- Publisher Number:
- 715515016926
- CC1619D Image Entertainment
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