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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials, Electronic Resources

Uniform Title:

Great expectations (Motion picture : 1946)

Title:

Great expectations / by Charles Dickens ; a Janus Films release ; J. Arthur Rank presents a Cineguild production ; released through General Film Distributors Ltd. ; adapted for the screen by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan with Kay Walsh and Cecil McGivern ; produced by Ronald Neame ; directed by David Lean.

Publisher, Date:

[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 1998.

Description:

1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.

digital optical

laser optical

video file DVD video

Summary:

In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 31

The classic collection

Criterion collection ; 31.

Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)

Subjects:

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Film adaptations.

Orphans -- England -- Drama.

Young men -- England -- Drama.

England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Drama.

Other Author:

Lean, David, 1908-1991, film director, screenwriter.

Neame, Ronald, film producer, screenwriter.

Havelock-Allan, Anthony, film producer, screenwriter.

Walsh, Kay, screenwriter.

McGivern, Cecil, -1963, screenwriter.

Mills, John, 1908-2005, actor.

Hobson, Valerie, 1917-1998, actor.

Miles, Bernard, 1907-1991, actor.

Sullivan, Francis L., actor.

Hunt, Martita, 1900-1969, actor.

Currie, Finlay, 1878-1968, actor.

Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000, actor.

Barnard, Ivor, 1887-1953, actor.

Jackson, Freda, 1909-1990, actor.

Wager, Anthony, 1932-1990, actor.

Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010, actor.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author.

Rank, J. Arthur, 1888-1972, funder.

Green, Guy, 1913-2005, cinematographer.

Goehr, Walter, composer, conductor.

Turner, Adrian, writer of accompanying material.

Cineguild (Firm), production company.

Janus Films, production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.

General Film Distributors, film distributor.

Other Title:

Container title: David Lean's Great expectations

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946.

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

Program notes by Adrian Turner inserted in container.

Special feature: theatrical trailer.

Educational and home use only.

Photography, Guy Green ; editor, Jack Harris ; music, Walter Goehr; production designer, John Bryan.

John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Alec Guinness, Ivor Barnard, Freda Jackson, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons.

DVD; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.

Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Academy Awards: Best Art Direction; Best Cinematography

Contents:

David Lean's Great expectations / Anthony Havelock-Allen, David Lean, Cecil McGiven, Ronald Neame, Kay Walsh -- Peter Brook's Lord of the flies / Peter Brooks -- Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's The most dangerous game / James Ashmore Creelman -- David Lean's Oliver Twist / Stanley Haynes, David Lean.

ISBN:

0780021274

9780780021273

0780021274

Publisher Number:

GRE270

Other Number:

43682050

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

776222

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Great ex