| Title |
The life and death of Colonel Blimp / Janus Fims ; ITV Studios Global Entertainment ; J. Arthur Rank presents a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. |
| OCLC |
824800100 |
| ISBN |
9781604657029 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515103619 |
| Music number |
CC2238BD Image Entertainment |
| Publisher |
[United States] : The Criterion Collection : Image Entertainment, 2013. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Armies -- Great Britain -- Officers -- Drama.
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Nationalists -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Men -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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| System details note |
Blu-ray; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; region A; PCM Mono. |
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Blu-ray. |
| Cast |
Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver, Harry Welchman, Arthur Wontner, Albert Lieven. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Georges Périnal ; editor, John Seabourne ; music composed and arranged by Allan Gray. |
| Target audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Based on cartoonist David Low's parody of the old-fashioned British professional soldier, set in his ways and unable to adapt to the brutality of modern war. This story follows the career of Clive Candy, at first an idealistic, young Boer War hero, then a brigadier general, serving honorably in World War I. Finally, by World War II, he has become a bald, overweight, querulous old man, angry that his age and military experience are held in contempt, and bewildered that his lifelong code of gentlemanly conduct has become an anachronism in a world threatened by a monster like Hitler. |
| Language note |
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| General note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1943. |
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Special features: Digital master from the Film Foundation's 2012 4K restoration, with uncompressed monoaural soundtrack; Audio commentary featuring director Michael Powell and filmmaker Martin Scorsese; Video introduction by Scorsese; A profile of "The life and death of Colonel Blimp" (documentary from 2000); Restoration demonstration; Optimism and sheer will (a 2012 interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell); Stills gallery (featuring rare behind-the-scense production stills); David Low's Colonel Blimp (gallery tracing the history David Low's original Colonel Blimp cartoons). Booklet featuring an essay by critic Molly Haskell. |
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