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A Canterbury Tale - Criterion Collection (1949)
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| Starring: | Sheila Sim, Eric Portman, Dennis Price, Sergeant John Sweet, Esmond Knight, Anthony Holles, Beresford Egan, Betty Jardine, Charles Hawtrey, David Todd, Edward Rigby, Eliot Makeham, Freda Jackson, George Merritt, Harvey Golden, Hay Petrie, James Tamsitt |
| Director: | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Foreign, England, British Drama, British Comedy |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Studio: | Criterion |
| Length: | 124 minutes |
| Released: | July 25, 2006 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language), English(Subtitled) |
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SYNOPSIS:Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s beloved classic A Canterbury Tale is a profoundly personal journey to Powell’s bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amidst the tumult of the Second World War yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims a melancholy "landgirl," a plainspoken American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant - who are waylaid in the English countryside en route to the mythical town and forced to solve a bizarre village crime. Building to a majestic climax that ranks as one of the filmmaking duo’s finest achievements, the dazzling A Canterbury Tale has acquired a following passionate enough to qualify as pilgrims themselves.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie
- Excerpts from the American version, with Kim Hunter
- New video interview with actress Sheila Sim
- A Pilgrim's Return, a documentary about John Sweet, by Nick Burton and Eddie McMillan
- A Canterbury Trail, a new documentary visiting the film locations, by David Thompson
- Listen to Britian, a 2001 video-installation piece inspired by A Canterbury Tale, by artist Victor Burgin
- Listen to Britian, a 1942 documentary by Humphrey Jennings
- Plus: A Booklet Featuring Essays by Graham Fuller, Peter von Bagh, And Actor John Sweet
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