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A Canterbury Tale (Criterion Collection) (1948) On DVD

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Actor :       Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet, Esmond Knight
Director:   Michael Powell
Genre:       Drama
Year:         1948
Studio:      Criterion
Length:     124
Released:  July 25, 2006

Rating:      Unrated (Video)
Format:     
DVD
Misc:          Black & White
Language:English
Subtitles : English


DESCRIPTION:

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s beloved classic A Canterbury Tale is a profoundly personal journey to Powell’s bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amidst the tumult of the Second World War yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims—a melancholy "landgirl," a plainspoken American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant—who are waylaid in the English countryside and forced to solve a bizarre village crime en route to the mythical town. Building to a majestic climax that ranks as one of the filmmaking duo’s finest achievements, the dazzling A Canterbury Tale has acquired a following passionate enough to qualify as a pilgrimage all its own.


Special Features

  • Commentary by film historian Ian Christie
  • Scenes from Michael Powell's re-edited American version
  • New video interview with actress Sheila Sim
  • A Pilgrim's Return, a short documentary on actor John Sweet's 2001 return to Canterbury
  • The new documentary A Canterbury Trail by David Thompson
  • "Listen to Britain," a 2001 video-installation piece inspired by the film, by artist Victor Burgin
  • Humphrey Jennings's landmark 1942 documentary Listen to Britain

 

Actor :       Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet, Esmond Knight
Director:   Michael Powell
Genre:       Drama
Year:         1948
Studio:      Criterion
Length:     124
Released:  July 25, 2006

Rating:      Unrated (Video)
Format:     
DVD
Misc:          Black & White
Language:English
Subtitles : English


DESCRIPTION:

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s beloved classic A Canterbury Tale is a profoundly personal journey to Powell’s bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amidst the tumult of the Second World War yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims—a melancholy "landgirl," a plainspoken American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant—who are waylaid in the English countryside and forced to solve a bizarre village crime en route to the mythical town. Building to a majestic climax that ranks as one of the filmmaking duo’s finest achievements, the dazzling A Canterbury Tale has acquired a following passionate enough to qualify as a pilgrimage all its own.


Special Features

  • Commentary by film historian Ian Christie
  • Scenes from Michael Powell's re-edited American version
  • New video interview with actress Sheila Sim
  • A Pilgrim's Return, a short documentary on actor John Sweet's 2001 return to Canterbury
  • The new documentary A Canterbury Trail by David Thompson
  • "Listen to Britain," a 2001 video-installation piece inspired by the film, by artist Victor Burgin
  • Humphrey Jennings's landmark 1942 documentary Listen to Britain

 

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