| Edition |
Special collector's edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Dirk Bogarde, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Pierre Cassel, John Clements, John Gielgud, Jack Hawkins, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Maggie Smith, Susannah York, John Mills. |
| Note |
Based on Joan Littlewood's theatre workshop production by Charles Chilton and the members of the original cast after a stage treatment by Ted Allan. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
| Summary |
Follows the Smith family as they go off to fight World War I, and revolves around the songs and words of the soldiers. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary by director Lord Richard Attenborough; 3-part documentary: Welcome to World War I, The Smith family album, Keep the home fires burning. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama.
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Smith family -- Drama.
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Littlewood, Joan -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Satire.
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Comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Musical -- Feature.
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Parody -- Feature.
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Comedy -- Feature.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Comedy films.
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| Added Author |
Attenborough, Richard.
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Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999.
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Calvert, Phyllis, 1915-2002.
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Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007.
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Littlewood, Joan.
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Chilton, Charles.
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Allan, Ted.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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| ISBN |
1415708827 |
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9781415708828 |
| Standard No. |
097360690149 |
| Music No. |
06901 Paramount Pictures |
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