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Title Tom Jones / a Woodfall Film ; screenplay by John Osborne ; produced and directed by Tony Richardson.

Publication Info. [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2018]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD CLASSIC FILM TOM JONES DISCS 1-2    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  Simsbury Displays: Best Picture Oscar Winners (DVD)    On Display
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD TOM JONES DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Edition Two-DVD special edition.
Description 2 videodiscs (128 min.; 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 pages : color illustrations, 18 cm).
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
stamping rdapm
Description digital rdatr
optical rdarm
theatrical version mono rdacpc
theatrical version Dolby Digital 1.0
director's cut stereo rdacpc
director's cut Dolby Digital 2.0
NTSC rdabs
video file rdaft
DVD video
region 1 rdare
Motion pictures lcgft
Series The Criterion collection ; 910
Criterion collection ; 910.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital mono (theatrical version), stereo (director's cut).
Performer Actors, Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento, George Devine, David Tomlinson ; narrator, Micheál Mac Liammóir.
Credits Music, John Addison ; director of photography, Walter Lassally ; editor, Antony Gibbs.
Note Based on the novel "The history of Tom Jones" by Henry Fielding.
Essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard in container.
Includes Theatrical version (1963; 128 min.); Director's cut (1989; 121 min.)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Summary "In the early 1960s, at the height of the British New Wave, director Tony Richardson and playwright John Osborne set out for more fanciful territory than the gritty realism of the movement they'd helped establish. Tom Jones brings a theatrical flair to Henry Fielding's canonical eighteenth-century novel, boisterously chronicling the misadventures of the foundling of the title (Albert Finney, in a career-defining performance), whose easy charm seems to lead him astray at every turn from his beloved, the wellborn Sophie Western (Susannah York). This spirited picaresque, evocatively shot in England's rambling countryside and featuring an extraordinary ensemble cast, went on to become a worldwide sensation, winning the Oscar for best picture on the way to securing its status as a classic of irreverent wit and playful cinematic expression"--Container.
Note Features on director's cut [disc 1]: new program on the film's cinematography featuring Lassally; new interview with film scholar Duncan Petrie on the movie's impact on British cinema; new interview with the editor of the director's cut, Robert Lambert. -- features on theatrical cut [disc 2]: excerpt from a 1982 episode of The Dick Cavett show featuring actor Albert Finney; new interview with actor Vanessa Redgrave on her former husband, director Tony Richardson; illustrated archival audio interview with composer John Addison on his Oscar-winning score for the film.
Language In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired (SDH).
Subject Jones, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754 -- Film adaptations.
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. (OCoLC)fst00031092
Jones, Tom (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01926394
Social classes -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Arranged marriage -- Drama.
Arranged marriage. (OCoLC)fst00815057
Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
Social classes. (OCoLC)fst01122346
England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form Comedy films.
Action and adventure films.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Action and adventure films. (OCoLC)fst01710568
Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
Historical films. (OCoLC)fst01710314
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Added Author Richardson, Tony, 1928-1991, film producer, film director.
Osborne, John, 1929-1994, screenwriter.
Finney, Albert, 1936-2019 actor.
York, Susannah, actor.
Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980, actor.
Evans, Edith, 1888-1976, actor.
Greenwood, Joan, 1921-1987, actor.
Cilento, Diane, actor.
Devine, George, 1910-1966, actor.
Tomlinson, David, 1917-2000, actor.
Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978, narrator.
Addison, John, 1920-1998, composer (expression)
Lassally, Walter, 1926-2017, director of photography.
Gibbs, Antony, 1925-2016, editor of moving image work.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. History of Tom Jones.
Woodfall Film Productions, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Added Title Container of (work): Tom Jones (Motion picture)
Standard No. 715515210010
ISBN 9781681434001
1681434008
Music No. CC2850D Criterion Collection
CC2850D-1 Criterion Collection (director's cut)
CC2850D-2 Criterion Collection (theatrical version)
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