Brief encounter [videorecording (DVD)] / a Noel Coward-CineGuild production ; in charge of production, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame ; directed by David Lean ; produced by Noel Coward.
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Edition:
DVD special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (86 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; folded to 19 cm)
Container of (work): Brief encounter (Motion picture : 1945) Profile of Brief Encounter David Lean : A Self Portrait
Notes:
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everly Gregg, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Valentine Dyall. Based on the play Still Life by Noel Coward. Adapted by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan (all uncredited). Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: Audio commentary from 2000 by film historian Bruce Eder; Interview from 2012 with Noel Coward scholar Barry Day; A Profile of Brief Encounter, a short documentary from 2000 on the making of the film; David Lean: A Self Portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean's career; Trailer. Insert includes an essay "Riskiest thing I ever did : notes on a Brief Encounter" by film critic Kevin Brownlow.
Summary:
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
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