A midwinter's tale / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Castle Rock Entertainment presents a Midwinter Films production ; a Kenneth Branagh film ; produced by David Barron ; written and directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Branagh, Kenneth., Screenwriter, Director.
• Barron, David (Film producer), Producer.
• Briers, Richard., Actor.
• Charnley, Hetta., Actor.
• Collins, Joan, 1933- Actor.
• Farrell, Nicholas., Actor.
• Hadfield, Mark (Stage actor), Actor.
• Horan, Gerard., Actor.
• Imrie, Celia, 1952- Actor.
• Maloney, Michael, 1957- Actor.
• Sawalha, Julia, 1968- Actor.
• Sessions, John, 1953-2020, Actor.
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Midwinter (Firm)
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm)

Series:

• Archive collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet--Drama.
• Drama--Production and direction--Drama.
• Actors--Drama.
• Actresses--Drama.
• Unemployed--Drama.
• Hamlet (Shakespeare, William).
• Actors.
• Actresses.
• Unemployed.

Genre:

• Foreign films -- Great Britain.
• Christmas films
• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Feature films.
• Comedy films.
• Fiction films.
• Christmas films.
• Motion pictures, United States.
• Motion pictures, United Kingdom.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Originally released under title: In the bleak midwinter

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Castle Rock Entertainment : Warner Bros. Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2010.

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround sound.

Summary:

To be or not to be? To act or not to act? The questions are the same to Joe, a struggling (jobless) actor whose every sinew and synapse cries out to perform and to soften the blow of not landing a part in a mega budget sci-fi movie. So in the stalwart (desperate) tradition of actors everywhere, Joe vows to put on a show, a special (even more desperate) version of the greatest play in the English tongue.

Participant:

Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley, Joan Collins, Nick Farrell, Mark Hadfield, Gerard Horan, Celia Imrie, Michael Maloney, Julia Sawalha, John Sessions, Jennifer Saunders, Ann Davies, Robert Hines, James D. White.

Credits:

Director of photography, Roger Lanser ; editor, Neil Farrell ; music, Jimmy Yuill.

Notes:

• "A new comedy from Kenneth Branagh"--Container.
• Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
• "This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "Play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container.

OCLC:

697538142

Publisher Number:

883316307038

Online:

Credits from Internet movie database