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A Canterbury Tale
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A Canterbury Tale (1949)
Starring:  Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergeant John Sweet, Esmond Knight, Charles Hawtrey, Hay Petrie, George Merritt, Edward Rigby, Freda Jackson, Betty Jardine, Eliot Makeham, Harvey Golden, James Tamsitt
Director:  Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Genre:  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)
This DVD is disc 1 of 2 in "A Canterbury Tale - Criterion Collection"
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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



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