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High hopes / Film Four International in association with British Screen presents a Portman Film ; producers: Simon Channing-Williams, Victor Glynn ; written and directed by Mike Leigh.
LIBRA DVD PN1995.9.C55 H4559 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Indie feature collection
- Best of British comedy
- Best of British
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sisters--England--Drama.
- Sisters.
- Families--England--London--Drama.
- Families.
- Working class--England--London--Drama.
- Working class.
- Man-woman relationships--England--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Socialists--England--Drama.
- Socialists.
- Great Britain--History--20th century--Drama.
- Great Britain.
- England.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Comedy films.
- Comedy films
- Drama
- Feature films
- History
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, United Kingdom.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Richmond Hill, Ont. : Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia, ©2009.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
- Summary:
- Cyril and Shirley are a young, working-class couple who, in their struggle to make ends meet, have become absorbed in socialism. Cyril's sister Valerie and her husband aspire to a more privileged class. The only glue holding the siblings together is their withdrawn and wistful old mother.
- Participant:
- Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Heather Tobias, Edna Doré.
- Credits:
- Editor, Jon Gregory ; director of photography, Roger Pratt ; music, Andrew Dickson.
- Notes:
- DVD release of the 1988 motion picture.
- OCLC:
- 369381273
- Publisher Number:
- 066805309496
- 00066805309496 gtin-14
- 30949-D BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
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