| Description: |
1 videodisc (86 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; folded to 19 cm) |
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full screen (1.37:1) 24 fps rda |
| Series: |
Criterion collection ; 76
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| System: |
DVD, NTSC region 1, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural. |
| Language: |
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). |
| Note: |
Title from disc surface. |
| Cast: |
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everly Gregg, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Valentine Dyall. |
| Credits: |
Director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Jack Harris ; music director, Muir Mathieson, conducting the National Symphony Orchestra ; piano soloist, Eileen Joyce. |
| Note: |
Based on the play Still Life by Noel Coward. Adapted by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan (all uncredited). |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. |
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Full screen (1.37:1). |
| Audience: |
[Not rated]. |
| Summary: |
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever. |
| Note: |
Special features: Audio commentary from 2000 by film historian Bruce Eder; Interview from 2012 with Noel Coward scholar Barry Day; A Profile of Brief Encounter, a short documentary from 2000 on the making of the film; David Lean: A Self Portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean's career; Trailer. Insert includes an essay "Riskiest thing I ever did : notes on a Brief Encounter" by film critic Kevin Brownlow. |
| Subject: |
Housewives -- England -- Drama.
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Adultery -- Drama.
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Marriage -- Drama.
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Railroad stations -- England -- Drama.
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Coward, Noel, 1899-1973 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre: |
Feature films.
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Romance films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Contributors: |
Coward, Noel, 1899-1973, film producer, screenwriter.
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Lean, David, 1908-1991, film director, screenwriter.
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Neame, Ronald, film producer, screenwriter.
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Johnson, Celia, 1908-1982, actor.
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Havelock-Allan, Anthony, film producer, screenwriter.
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Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988, actor.
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Holloway, Stanley, actor.
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Carey, Joyce, 1898-1993, actor.
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Raymond, Cyril, -1973, actor.
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Gregg, Everley, 1903-1959, actor.
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Mars, Marjorie, 1903-1991, actor.
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Barton, Margaret, 1926- actor.
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Dyall, Valentine, 1908-1985, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Coward, Noel, 1899-1973.
Still life.
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Cineguild (Firm), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Cover Ti: |
Noel Coward's Brief encounter |
| Uniform Title: |
Container of (work): Brief encounter (Motion picture : 1945)
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| Alt. Title: |
Profile of Brief Encounter
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David Lean : A Self Portrait
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| ISBN/ISSN: |
9781681431437 |
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1681431432 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515175111 |
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