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A Canterbury tale
Title:
A Canterbury tale
Author:
Powell, Michael, 1905-1990 producer, director.
Edition:
Special edition.
Publication Information:
Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Physical Description:
2 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.).
Summary:
Inspired by Powell's childhood in Kent, and by Chaucer's epic 14th century tale. Set in 1940s wartime Kent, with three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer's pilgrims: a plainspoken American Army sergeant, a resourceful British sergeant, and a melancholy girl. While enroute to Canterbury they are waylaid and forced to solve a local crime, the mystery of a man who pours glue over the hair of village girls at night.
General Note:
Program notes on container insert include an essay "A Canterbury Tale: 'Glorious, isn't it?'" by film writer Graham Fuller, an essay "A tribute" by film historian Peter von Bagh, and an excerpt from "The Making of A Canterbury tale" from an essay by actor Sweet, originally featured on the Powell and Pressburger Appreciation Society's website.

Theatrical distribution held by Janus Films.

Special features (disc 1): Optional audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie; "American version excerpts" featuring the prologue and ending sequence of the American version with Kim Hunter (12 min).

Special features (disc 2): "Sheila Sim interview" featuring Sim's recollections of the production (20 min.); "John Sweet: a pilgrim's return, " a documentary on Sweet's 2000 return to Canterbury to speak at the Kent International Film Festival (23 min.); "A Canterbury trail, " a tour-guide documentary of the actual film locations (24 min.); "Listen to Britain, " a 2001 video-installation piece by English artist Victor Burgin inspired by the film of the same name with an introduction by Burgin (7 min.); "Listen to Britain, " a 1942 documentary by Humphrey Jennings (19 min.).
Language:
English
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Added Title:
Pilgrim's return.

Listen to Britain.

Canterbury trail.
ISBN:
9781559409872
UPC:
715515018920
Format :
DVD