UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15495378
Format:
1 BD (96 Min. + Bonus)
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Monaural
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1.37:1
Edition:
Special ed.
ISBN:
9781604655575
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection : [BD] 606
Content:
Blithe Spirit, David Lean's delightful film version of Noël Coward̷s theater sensation (onstage, it broke London box-office records before hitting Broadway), stars Rex Harrison as a novelist who cheekily invites a medium (Margaret Rutherford) to his house to conduct a séance, hoping the experience will inspire a book he̷s working on. Things go decidedly not as planned when she summons the spirit of his dead first wife (Kay Hammond), a severe inconvenience for his current one (Constance Cummings). Employing Oscar-winning special effects to spruce up Coward's theatrical farce, Blithe Spirit is a sprightly supernatural comedy with winning performances. (Covertext)
Content:
Extras: * Trailer - original trailer for Blithe Spirit. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080p). * Barry Day - in this video interview, Noel Coward expert Barry Day, author of Coward on Film: The Cinema of Noel Coward, discusses Blithe Spirit. The interview was recorded exclusively for Criterion in October 2011. In English, not subtitled. (12 min, 1080p). * The Southbank Show: "Noel Coward" - this 1992 episode of The Southbank Show, hosted by Melvin Bragg, covers Noel Coward's life and career in theater, film, and music. It features archival footage and interviews with actors John Gielgud, Daniel Massey, and John Mills, biographer Philip Hoare, and playwright John Osborne, among others. In English, not subtitled. (51 min, 1080i). (blu-ray.com)
Note:
Ländercode: A
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New high-definition digital transfer of the BFI National Archive's 2008 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
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Orig.: Großbritannien, 1945
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Episode of the British television series The Southbank Show from 1992 on the life and career of Coward
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The Southbank Show: "Noel Coward"
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Untertitel für Hörgeschädigte
Language:
English
Keywords:
Blithe spirit 〈Film〉
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Interview
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Blu-Ray-Disc
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Coward, Noël
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Biographie
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Blu-Ray-Disc
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Interview
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Biographie
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Biografie
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Interview
Author information:
Rutherford, Margaret
Author information:
Coward, Noël
Author information:
Addinsell, Richard
Author information:
Lean, David
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