Description |
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
Film adaptation of Harwood's play about an aging English actor/manager, his dresser, and their theatre company touring England during WWII. Both the leader of the company and his dresser are essential to each other. However, the devoted dresser struggles to support the unreasonable demands of the tyrannical head of the company, during the London blitz |
Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1983 |
Credits |
Music, James Horner ; editor, Ray Lovejoy ; director of photography, Kelvin Pike |
Cast |
Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough, Lockwood West, Cathryn Harrison |
Notes |
Rated: PG |
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DVD, region 1, aspect ratio, 1.85:1, Dolby digital |
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In English with optional subtitles in English and Japanese; closed-captioned in English |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
Subject |
Theatrical companies -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Actors -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Male friendship -- Drama.
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SUBJECT |
London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96004350 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Author |
Yates, Peter, 1929-2011.
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Harwood, Ronald, 1934-
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Finney, Albert, 1936-
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Courtenay, Tom.
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Fox, Edward, 1937-
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Walker, Zena, 1934-2003.
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Atkins, Eileen, 1934-
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Gough, Michael, 1916-2011.
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Harrison, Cathryn, 1959-
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Columbia Pictures.
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Goldcrest Films International.
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World Film Services (Firm)
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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ISBN |
140495077X |
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9781404950771 |
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