| Edition |
Director-approved two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.) |
| Physical Medium |
DVD DVD video 4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
DVD digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 rda |
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DVD NTSC rda |
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DVD video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 697 |
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Criterion collection ; 697.
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| System Details |
DVD: widescreen presentation: region 1; 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Nastassia Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles, Richard Pearson, David Markham, Pascale de Boysson, Suzanna Hamilton, Caroline Embling, Tony Church, Lesley Dunlop, Sylvia Coleridge, Fred Bryant, Dicken Ashworth, Patsy Rowlands, John Barrett, Patsy Smart. |
| Credits |
Music, Philippe Sarde ; production designer, Pierre Guffroy ; costume designer, Anthony Powell ; photography, Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet ; editors, Alastair McIntyre, Tom Priestley ; art director, Jack Stephens ; choreography, Sue Lefton. |
| Note |
Based on the novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. |
| Audience |
CHV rating: PG ; OFRB rating: PG. |
| Summary |
An exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge. With its earthy visual textures it is a work of great pastoral beauty as well as vivid storytelling. |
| Note |
Special features: Ciné regards (Forty-five minute documentary shot on location for French television during the making of the film); Once upon a time ... "Tess" (a 2006 documentary about the film); On the making of Tess: From novel to screen, Filming Tess, Tess: the experience; The south bank show (host Melvyn Bragg interveiws the director about Tess and his career in this 1979 episode); Trailer. Booklet features an essay by critic Colin MacCabe. |
| Awards |
Academy Award winner for Best cinematography, Best art direction-set decoration and Best costume design. |
| Subject |
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Film adaptations.
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. (OCoLC)fst00034596
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Young women -- England -- Drama.
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Social stratification -- England -- Drama.
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Poor families -- England -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Wessex (England) -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Poor families. (OCoLC)fst01071206
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Social stratification. (OCoLC)fst01123370
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Young women. (OCoLC)fst01183301
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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England -- Wessex.
(OCoLC)fst01242455
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| Genre/Form |
Historical films. (OCoLC)fst01710314
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DVD-Video discs.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Melodramas (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726217
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Romance films. (OCoLC)fst01710332
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Romance films.
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Historical films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Polanski, Roman, screenwriter, film director.
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Brach, Gérard, screenwriter.
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Brownjohn, John, screenwriter.
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Grunstein, Pierre, film producer.
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Berri, Claude, film producer.
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Kinski, Nastassja, 1960- actor.
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Firth, Peter, 1953- actor.
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Lawson, Leigh, 1945- actor.
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Collin, John, 1931-1987, actor.
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Martin, Rosemary, 1936-1998, actor.
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Pickles, Carolyn, 1952- actor.
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Pearson, Richard, 1918-2011, actor.
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Markham, David, 1913-1983, actor.
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Boysson, Pascale de, 1932-2002, actor.
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Hamilton, Suzanna, actor.
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Church, Tony, actor.
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Dunlop, Lesley, actor.
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Coleridge, Sylvia, 1909-1986, actor.
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Rowlands, Patsy, actor.
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Smart, Patsy, 1918-1996, actor.
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Sarde, Philippe, composer (expression)
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Guffroy, Pierre, 1926-2010, production designer.
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Powell, Anthony, 1935- costume designer.
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Unsworth, Geoffrey, 1914-1978, director of photography.
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Cloquet, Ghislain, director of photography.
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McIntyre, Alastair, film editor.
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Priestley, Tom, 1932- film editor.
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Stephens, Jack (Art director) art director.
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Lefton, Sue, choreographer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- interviewer (expression)
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MacCabe, Colin, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Janus Films, production company.
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Pathé cinéma (France), production company.
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Renn Productions, presenter, production company.
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Burrill Productions, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
South Bank show (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781604659610 |
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1604659610 |
| Standard No. |
715515139519 |
| Music No. |
CC2453D-1 The Criterion Collection |
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CC2453D-2 The Criterion Collection |
