Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

A passage to India / Columbia Pictures presents a John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin production in association with John Heyman and Edward Sands and Home Box Office, Inc., a David Lean film ; produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin ; screenplay by David Lean ; directed by David Lean.

Edition:

Collectors ed. ; [High definition ed.].

Publisher, Date:

[Place of publication not identified] : Columbia Pictures, [2008]

Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 164 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

Blu-ray

regions A B C

Summary:

Adela Quested is a plucky young woman who journeys from England with the free-spirited Mrs. Moore. Flouting convention, the two women accompany the handsome Dr. Azis on a tour of the mysterious Marabar Caves. But things turn ugly when Adela returns scratched and bloodied from the expedition. As British authorities urge her to press charges against Aziz, the line separating truth and fantasy begin to blur.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG.

Subjects:

Women adventurers -- India -- Drama.

Tourists -- India -- Drama.

Caves -- India -- Drama.

Wounds and injuries -- India -- Drama.

India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Drama.

India -- Drama.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Feature films.

Action and adventure films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Heyman, John, 1933- film producer.

Sands, Edward (Producer)

Brabourne, John, film producer.

Goodwin, Richard B., 1934- film producer.

Lean, David, 1908-1991, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Ashcroft, Peggy, 1907-1991, actor.

Davis, Judy, 1956- actor.

Fox, James, 1939- actor.

Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000, actor.

Havers, Nigel, 1949- actor.

Banerjee, Victor, actor.

Jarre, Maurice, composer (expression)

Day, Ernest, 1927-2006, director of photography.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Passage to India.

Columbia Pictures Corporation.

Home Box Office (Firm)

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Title from disc surface.

Based on the novel by E.M. Forster.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.

Special features: Blu-Ray exclusive: "Beyond the passage: picture-in-graphics track"; commentary with producer Richard Goodwin; "E.M. Forster: profile of an author" featurette; "An epic takes shape" featurette; "An Indian affair" featurette; "Only connect: a vision of India" featurette; "Casting a classic" featurette; "David Lean: shooting with the master" featurette; "Reflections of David Lean" featurette

Music, Maurice Jarre; Ernest Day, director of photography; edited by David Lean.

Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers, Victor Banerjee.

Blu-ray Disc, regions A, B, C; full high definition (1080p), 1.66:1 presentation, mastered in high definition; Dolby Digital. Special features: standard & high definition; stereo.

Requires a Blu-ray player.

Closed captioned; audio in English or French; with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish.

Academy Awards, USA, 1985: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Peggy Ashcroft) ; Best Music, Original Score (Maurice Jarre)

LCCN:

2022604029

ISBN:

1424828929

9781424828920

Publisher Number:

16225

Other Number:

229097657

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

1011321

# Local items in:

0

# System items in:

0

Call Number:

BLU MOVIE Passage