| Description |
1 videodisc (circa 170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital video stereo rda |
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Laserdisc |
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video file Laserdisc rda |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Cast |
The Best of friends: Sir John Gielgud, Dame Wendy Hiller, Patrick McGoohan. Eagle in a cage: Billie Whitelaw, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Kenneth Haigh. |
| Credits |
1st work: Senior cameraman, Martin Hawkins ; editor, Jake Bernard ; music, Sidney Sager. 2nd work: Director of photography, Frano Vodopivec ; edited by Max Benedict ; music, Marc Wilkinson. |
| Note |
Best of Friends adapted from the letters and writings of Dame Laurentia McLachlan, Sir Sydney Cockerell and Bernard Shaw and produced for television in 1994. |
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Eagle in a cage produced as a motion picture in 1971. |
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"A Masterpiece Theatre presentation"--Container. |
| Summary |
Best of Friends: In 1924, George Bernard Shaw was introduced to Dame Laurentia McLachlan, a Benedictine nun at the Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire, England. Along with their mutual friend, Sydney Cockerell, director of Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, the trio enjoyed twenty-five years of letters, literary debate and laughter. (82 min.) Eagle in a cage: A school-teacher-turned-governor of a small island finds greatness thrust upon him when that island, St. Helena, becomes a place of exile for Napoleon. (88 minutes). |
| Note |
"30296-D"--Container. |
| Contents |
The quotable Bernard Shaw -- Biographies --Selected filmographies -- Trivia -- Bibliography -- Interactive menus -- Scene selection -- Bonus program. Eagle in a cage with Sir John Gielgud. |
| Subject |
McLachlan, Laurentia -- Drama.
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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962 -- Drama.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 -- Drama.
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Exile -- Saint Helena -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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Biographical films.
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| Added Author |
Rakoff, Alvin.
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Cook, Fielder, 1923-2003.
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Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
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Hiller, Wendy.
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McGoohan, Patrick, 1928-2009.
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Whitelaw, Billie.
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Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983.
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Haigh, Kenneth, 1929-
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Whitmore, Hugh.
Best of friends.
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London Film Productions.
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Table Top Productions.
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Group W Productions.
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BFS Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Best of friends ; Eagle in a cage |
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Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
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Eagle in a cage.
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| ISBN |
0779252969 |
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9780779252961 |
| Music No. |
30296-D BFS Video |
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