| Edition |
Twentieth anniversary special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (107 min. [that is 87 min.]) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Stereo 5.1, wide screen presentation aspect ratio 1.16:9. |
| Note |
Based on the play Another Country by Julian Mitchell produced on stage by Robert Fox Limited and Memorial Film. |
| Cast |
Rupert Everett (Guy Bennett), Colin Firth (Tommy Judd), Michael Jenn (Barclay), Robert Addie (Delahay), Rupert Wainwright (Devenish), Tristan Oliver (Fowler), Cary Elwes (Harcourt). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; film editor, Gerry Hambling ; music by Michael Storey. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
A rueful, romantic tale of the awfulness of life in an ancient English public school in the 1930's. At its center is the friendship of Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett), a dark, Byronically handsome young man, who accepts the horrors of the school system in return for its rewards, and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth), who attends the school against his will, refuses to play the gentleman's game, and is already a Marxist. Guy falls in love with a handsome fellow student named Harcourt (Cary Elwes), and the student prefects use the evidence to blackball Bennett from becoming one of the school leaders in his senior year. |
| Contents |
For posterity -- Life in the 30s -- Martineau -- Gods -- Wedding -- Clandestine meeting -- Hopes and dreams -- Disappointment for Menzies -- Judd refuses -- On parade -- Appeal to house gods -- People's hero -- Owning up to yourself -- Total indiscretion. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary [Marek Kanievska and Peter Biziou]; 1984 Cannes Film Festival [BBC News] (6 min.); Newsnight: Another Country [British news magazine show, 1982] (7 min.); Film scrapbook [Slide show]; Original score [audio only]. |
| Language |
In English or French, with optional French subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Gay men -- Drama.
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Communism -- Drama.
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Boarding schools -- England -- Drama.
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Boarding school students -- England -- Drama.
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England -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Motion pictures, British.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Kanievska, Marek.
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Mitchell, Julian, 1935-
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Everett, Rupert.
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Firth, Colin, 1960-
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Elwes, Cary, 1962-
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Goldcrest Films International.
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National Film Finance Corporation (Great Britain)
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Virgin Films.
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BBC Video (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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BBC Audiobooks America. BBCA bbc0790794055.
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| ISBN |
0790794055 |
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9780790794051 |
| Standard No. |
794051202123 |
| Music No. |
E2021 BBC Video |
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