| Description |
2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 391
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC. |
| Note |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
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"Special edition double-disc set"--Container. |
| Cast |
Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Robert Swann, Christine Noonan, Peter Jeffrey, Arthur Lowe. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Miroslav Ondříček ; editor, David Gladwell ; music composer and conductor, Marc Wilkinson. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968 [1969 on container]. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Summary |
In late 1960s England, Mick Travis and his school chums trump authority at every turn at their boarding school. He finally emerges as violent savior against the draconian games of one-upmanship played by both students and the powers that be. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The film (112 min.) -- Disc 2: The supplements. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director of photography Miroslav Ondříček and assistant editor Ian Rakoff; audio commentary featuring film critic and historian David Robinson and actor Malcolm McDowell ; Disc 2: A 2003 episode from the Scottish TV series "Cast and crew," featuring McDowell, Ondříček, Rakoff, director's assistant Stephen Frears, producer Michael Medwin, and screenwriter David Sherwin; new video interview with actor Graham Crowden; "Thursday's children" (1954), an Academy Award-winning documentary about a school for deaf children, directed by Anderson and Guy Brenton and narrated by Richard Burton ; plus, a booklet featuring pieces by critic David Ehrenstein, screenwriter David Sherwin, and director Lindsay Anderson. |
| Subject |
Teenage boys -- England -- Drama.
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Boarding schools -- England -- Drama.
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Teacher-student relationships -- England -- Drama.
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Dissenters -- England -- Drama.
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Revolutions -- England -- Drama.
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Nineteen sixties -- Drama.
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Boys -- England -- Drama.
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Private schools -- England -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Foreign films -- England.
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Melodrama.
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Juvenile delinquency films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Melodrama -- Feature.
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Youth -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Melodrama.
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| Added Author |
Sherwin, David.
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Medwin, Michael, 1923-
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Anderson, Lindsay, 1923-
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McDowell, Malcolm, 1943-
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Wood, David, 1944-
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Warwick, Richard, 1945-1997.
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Swann, Robert, 1945-2006.
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Noonan, Christine.
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Jeffrey, Peter, 1929-
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Lowe, Arthur, 1915-1982.
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Ondricek, Miroslav, 1934-
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Memorial Enterprises.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Thursday's children.
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| ISBN |
1934121606 : $39.99 |
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9781934121603 |
| Standard No. |
715515024426 |
| Music # |
CC1699D Criterion Collection |
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