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Noel Coward's Brief encounter / G.C.F. presents ; Eagle-Lion Distributors Ltd. ; a Noël Coward-Cineguild production ; [adaptation, David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan] ; directed by David Lean ; produced by Noël Coward.
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Coward, Noël, 1899-1973. Still life, author.
- Series:
- David Lean directs Noël Coward.
- Criterion collection ; 76.
- Criterion collection ; 603.
- The Criterion collection ; 76
- The Criterion collection ; 603
- David Lean directs Noël Coward
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coward, Noël, 1899-1973--Film adaptations.
- Coward, Noël.
- Coward, Noël, 1899-1973.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Drama.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations).
- Suburban life.
- Housewives.
- England.
- Adultery--Drama.
- Adultery.
- Spouses--Drama.
- Spouses.
- Housewives--Drama.
- Suburban life--England--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Great Britain.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Brief encounter
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- After a chance meeting on a train station, a married doctor and a suburban housewife enter into a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair.
- Participant:
- Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Cyril Raymond, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Margaret Barton, Valentine Dyall, Everley Gregg, Marjorie Mars.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Robert Krasker ; editor, Jack Harris ; music, Sergei Rachmaninoff.
- Notes:
- Based on the play, Still life, by Noël Coward.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945.
- Also issued in box set: David Lean directs Noël Coward with Blithe spirit, In which we serve and This happy breed.
- Restored by the BFI National Archive and Granada International.
- Special features: audio commentary by film scholar Bruce Elder; interview with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day; making of documentary short; David Lean: A self-portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean's career; trailer.
- ISBN:
- 1604655631
- 9781604655636
- 1604655593
- 9781604655599
- OCLC:
- 781294746
- Publisher Number:
- 715515093316 set
- CC2128D Criterion Collection
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