| Edition |
DVD special ed. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([22] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono Dolby Digital rda |
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full screen version (1.37:1) |
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DVD-Video NTSC rda |
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video file DVD Video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 660 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 660.
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| Note |
Title from disc label. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; PCM mono. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles. |
| Cast |
Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Maurice Braddell, Sophie Stewart, Derrick De Marney, Ann Todd, Pearl Argyle, Kenneth Villiers, Ivan Brandt, Anne McLaren, Patricia Hilliard, Charles Carson. |
| Credits |
Settings designed by Vincent Korda ; photography by Georges Perinal ; music specially composed by Arthur Bliss ; musical director, Muir Mathieson ; costumes designed by John Armstrong, Rene Hubert and the Marchioness of Queensberry [Cathleen Mann] ; film editors, Charles Crichton, Francis Lyon ; special effects directed by Ned Mann. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936. |
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1.37:1 aspect ratio. |
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Special features: New high-definiton digital film restoration; Audio commentary featuring film historian and writer David Kalat; Christopher Frayling on the design (interview with writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling); Bruce Eder on the score (film historian Bruce Eder on Arthur Bliss's musical score); László Moholy-Nagy (unused footage by special effects artist Moholy-Nagy); The wandering sickness (audio recording from 1936 of a reading from H.G. Wells's writing). Booklet features an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien. |
| Summary |
"Skipping through time, Things to come bears witness to world war, disease, dictatorship and finally utopia. Conceived, written and overseen by Wells himself as an adaptation of his own work." |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Subject |
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Shape of things to come -- Film adaptations.
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War and society -- Drama.
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War -- Drama.
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Interplanetary voyages -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction films.
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Fantasy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films -- Great Britain.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Menzies, William Cameron, 1896-1957, director.
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Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956, producer.
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Massey, Raymond, actor.
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Chapman, Edward, 1901-1977, actor.
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Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983, actor.
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Scott, Margaretta, actor.
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Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964, actor.
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Braddell, Maurice, actor.
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Stewart, Sophie, 1909-1977, actor.
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De Marney, Derrick, 1906-1978, actor.
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Todd, Ann, 1909-1993, actor.
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Argyle, Pearl, 1910-1947, actor.
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Villiers, Kenneth, 1912-1992, actor.
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Brandt, Ivan, 1903-1972, actor.
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McLaren, Anne, actor.
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Hilliard, Patricia, 1916-2001, actor.
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Carson, Charles, 1885-1977, actor.
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Frayling, Christopher, interviewee.
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Kalat, David, 1970- commentaor.
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Périnal, Georges, 1897-1965, cinematographer.
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Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975, composer.
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Mathieson, Muir. Composer.
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Crichton, Charles, 1910-1999, editor of a moving image work.
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Lyon, Francis D., 1905-1996, editor of a moving image work.
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Eder, Bruce, interviewee (expression)
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Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946, artist.
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O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948- author.
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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Shape of things to come.
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Janus Films.
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ITV Studios.
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London Film Productions.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Things to come |
| ISBN |
9781604657357 |
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1604657359 |
| Standard No. |
715515107013 |
| Music No. |
CC2272D The Criterion Collection |
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