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The Bill Douglas trilogy / British Film Institute ; produced by Geoffrey Evans, Tony Bicat, Nick Nascht, Charles Reese, Judy Cottam, and Richard Craven ; written and directed by Bill Douglas.
LIBRA DVD 024 056 disc 1-2 + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force.
- Young men--Scotland--Drama.
- Young men.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, British--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Children--Institutional care--Drama.
- Children.
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Drama.
- Great Britain.
- Children--Institutional care.
- Scotland.
- Genre:
- Melodramas (Drama)
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 pages)
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : Facets Video, [2008]
- System Details:
- DVD, all regions, full screen, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- My childhood: Introduces Jamie's family and focuses on his relationship with a German POW during the last days of WWII.
- My ain folk: Jamie is now living with his paternal grandmother before being taken to a children's home.
- My way home: Follows an older Jamie during his national service in the Royal Air Force. His life takes an upward turn when he befriends Robert, an Englishman from another class and background.
- Contents:
- disc 1. My childhood (1972 ; 46 min.) ; My ain folk (1973 ; 55 min.)
- disc 2. My way home (1978 ; 64 min.).
- Participant:
- Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Karl Fieseler, Bernard McKenna, Joseph Blatchley.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Mick Campbell, Gale Tattersall, Roy Orton ; editors, Brand Thumim, Peter West, Mick Audsley.
- Notes:
- Booklet title: Bill Douglas: bitter memories, brutal realism / edited by Susan Doll.
- My childhood originally released as a motion picture in 1972 ; My ain folk originally released as a motion picture in 1973 ; My way home originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
- Special features: Facets Cine-Notes collecible booklet ; Disc 2: "Bill Douglas: intent on getting the image" documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Andy Kympton-Nye.
- ISBN:
- 1565807928
- 9781565807921
- OCLC:
- 247558171
- Publisher Number:
- 736899120023
- DV96902 Facets Video
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