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Title Brief encounter / a Noel Coward-CineGuild production ; in charge of production, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame ; directed by David Lean ; produced by Noel Coward.

Publication Info. [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD BRIEF ENCOUNTER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD BRIEF ENCOUNTER    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  DVD BRIEF    Check Shelf
Edition DVD special edition.
Description 1 videodisc (86 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; folded to 19 cm)
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in. rda
Description digital optical monaural Dolby Digital 1.0 rda
NTSC rda
video file DVD video Region 1 rda
Motion pictures lcgft
Series Criterion collection ; 76
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 76.
System Details DVD, NTSC region 1, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Note Title from disc surface.
Cast Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everly Gregg, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Valentine Dyall.
Credits Director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Jack Harris ; music director, Muir Mathieson, conducting the National Symphony Orchestra ; piano soloist, Eileen Joyce.
Note Based on the play Still Life by Noel Coward. Adapted by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan (all uncredited).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Audience [Not rated].
Summary Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
Note Special features: Audio commentary from 2000 by film historian Bruce Eder; Interview from 2012 with Noel Coward scholar Barry Day; A Profile of Brief Encounter, a short documentary from 2000 on the making of the film; David Lean: A Self Portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean's career; Trailer. Insert includes an essay "Riskiest thing I ever did : notes on a Brief Encounter" by film critic Kevin Brownlow.
Subject Housewives -- England -- Drama.
Adultery -- Drama.
Marriage -- Drama.
Railroad stations -- England -- Drama.
Coward, Noël, 1899-1973 -- Film adaptations.
Coward, Noël, 1899-1973. (OCoLC)fst00038287
Adultery. (OCoLC)fst00797378
Housewives. (OCoLC)fst00962210
Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
Railroad stations. (OCoLC)fst01088652
England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
Genre/Form Feature films.
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
Romance films. (OCoLC)fst01710332
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Added Author Coward, Noël, 1899-1973, film producer, screenwriter.
Lean, David, 1908-1991, film director, screenwriter.
Neame, Ronald, film producer, screenwriter.
Johnson, Celia, 1908-1982, actor.
Havelock-Allan, Anthony, film producer, screenwriter.
Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988, actor.
Holloway, Stanley, actor.
Carey, Joyce, 1898-1993, actor.
Raymond, Cyril, -1973, actor.
Gregg, Everley, 1903-1959, actor.
Mars, Marjorie, 1903-1991, actor.
Barton, Margaret, 1926- actor.
Dyall, Valentine, 1908-1985, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Coward, Noël, 1899-1973. Still life.
Cineguild (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
Cover Title Noel Coward's Brief encounter
Added Title Container of (work): Brief encounter (Motion picture : 1945)
Profile of Brief Encounter
David Lean : A Self Portrait
ISBN 9781681431437
1681431432
Standard No. 715515175111
Music No. CC2618D Criterion Collection.
CC2618DDVD The Criterion Collection
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