| Edition |
Director-approved special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 307 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 307.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Cast |
David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Dick Pope ; editor, Jon Gregory ; music, Andrew Dickson. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993. |
| Summary |
A charming, eloquent, and vicious drifter on the lam in London rejects those who would care for him and hurls himself into a nocturnal odyssey through the city, colliding with a succession of desperate and dispossessed people and scorching everyone in his path. |
| Note |
Special features: new, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Mike Leigh; audio commentary by Leigh and actors; original theatrical trailer; exclusive new video interview with director Neil LaBute; The Art Zone: "The Conversation, " a BBC program featuring author Will Self interviewing Leigh; The Short and Curlies, a short comedy from 1987; new essays by film critics. |
| Language |
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Rapists -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Drifters -- Drama.
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Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
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Women -- Crimes against -- Drama.
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Rape victims -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Leigh, Mike, 1943-
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Channing-Williams, Simon.
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Thewlis, David, 1963-
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Cartlidge, Katrin.
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Sharp, Lesley, 1964-
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Fine Line Features.
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Film Four International.
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British Screen.
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Thin Man Films (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Short and curlies.
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| ISBN |
1559409606 |
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9781559409605 |
| Standard No. |
715515016223 |
| Music No. |
CC1612D Home Vision Entertainment |
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