| Edition |
Blu-ray edition. |
| Description |
1 Blu-ray videodisc (84 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
Blu-ray Blu-ray 4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
Blu-ray digital optical mono LPCM 1.0 rda |
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Blu-ray laser optical NTSC rda |
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Blu-ray video file Blu-ray region A rda |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 382 |
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Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 382.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray, region A, 1.66:1 aspect ratio, 16x9 widescreen, monoaural. |
| Cast |
Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins, Stella Tanner. |
| Credits |
Photographed by John Alcott ; edited by Jonathan Gili ; music composed by Paul Glass. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1975. |
| Summary |
Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this immersive account by Stuart Cooper of one twenty-year-old's journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary (featuring director Stuart Cooper and actor Brian Stirner); Mining the archive (a 2007 video piece featuring archivists from London's Imperial War Museum detailing the footage used in the film); Soldiers' journals (excerpts from the journals of two D-day soldier, read by Stirner); Capa influences Cooper (a 2007 photo essay featuring Cooper on photographer Robert Capa); Germany calling (a 1941 Ministry of Information propaganda film, clips of which appear in Overlord); Cameramen at war (the British Ministry of Information's 1943 film tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen); A test of violence (Cooper's 1969 short film about the Spanish artist Juan Genoes); Trailer. Booklet features an essay by critic Kent Jones, a short history of the Imeprial War Museum and excerpts from the Overlord novelization by Cooper and Christopher Hudson. |
| Language |
In English, optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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Soldiers -- Biography -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Documentary-style films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films -- Great Britain.
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| Added Author |
Quinn, James, 1919-2008, film producer.
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Cooper, Stuart, 1942- film director, screenwriter.
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Hudson, Christopher, 1946- screenwriter.
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Stirner, Brian, actor.
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Harries, Davyd, 1937- actor.
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Ball, Nicholas, actor.
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Neesam, Julie, actor.
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Sewell, Sam, actor.
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Franklyn-Robbins, John, actor.
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Tanner, Stella, actor.
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Alcott, John, 1930-1986, director of photography.
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Gili, Jonathan, 1943-2004, film editor.
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Glass, Paul, composer (expression)
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Jones, Kent, 1964- writer of supplementary textual content.
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Janus Films, production company.
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Imperial War Museum (Great Britain), presenter.
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Joswend Limited Productions, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Test of violence.
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| ISBN |
9781604658385 |
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160465838X |
| Standard No. |
715515115810 |
| Music No. |
CC2356BD The Criterion Collection |
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