| Edition |
Blu-ray special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. stamping rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono rda |
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video file Blu-Ray region A rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 829 |
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Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 829.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; region A; widescreen (1.66:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Cast |
Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah. |
| Credits |
Music, John Addison ; director of photography, Walter Lasally ; editor, Antony Gibbs. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. |
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Adapted from the play by Shelagh Delaney. |
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Widescreen (1.66:1). |
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Special features: new, restored, 4K digital transfer; new interviews with actors Rota Tushingham and Murray Melvin; audio interview with director and coscreenwriter Tony Richardson from the 1962 Cannes Film Festival; "Momma dont allow" (1956), a Free Cinema short film by Richardson and shot by Lassally; excerpt from a 1960 television interview with playwright Shelagh Delaney; interview from 1998 with cinematographer Walter Lassally; remaking British Theater: Joan Littlewood and “A Taste of Honey,” a new piece about the films stage origins, featuring an interview with theater scholar Kate Dorney; booklet essay by film scholar Colin MacCabe. |
| Summary |
Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, shows how a disaffected teenager finds her way amid the economic desperation of industrial Manchester, and despite an absent, self-absorbed mother. With its unapologetic identification with social outcasts and its sensitive, modern approach to matters of sexuality and race, a classic that is still a startling benchmark work of realism. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Teenage girls -- England -- Manchester -- Drama.
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Dysfunctional families -- England -- Manchester -- Drama.
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Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
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Interracial dating -- Drama.
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Manchester (England) -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011 -- Film adaptations.
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Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011. (OCoLC)fst01774976
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Interracial dating. (OCoLC)fst00977480
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Mothers and daughters. (OCoLC)fst01026997
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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England -- Manchester.
(OCoLC)fst01212972
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| Genre/Form |
Social problem films.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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| Added Author |
Richardson, Tony, 1928-1991, screenwriter, film producer, film director.
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Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011, screenwriter.
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Tushingham, Rita, 1942- actor.
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Bryan, Dora, actor.
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Stephens, Robert, 1931-1995, actor.
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Melvin, Murray, 1932- actor.
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Danquah, Paul, 1925-2015, actor.
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Addison, John, 1920-1998, composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011.
Taste of honey.
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Bryanston Films, presenter.
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Woodfall Film Productions, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681431949 |
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1681431947 |
| Standard No. |
715515184717 |
| Music No. |
CC2667BD The Criterion Collection |
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