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Title:
Things to come [DVD video]
Added Author:
Edition:
DVD special ed.
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([22] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
ISBN:
9781604657357
Abstract:
"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."
General Note:
At head of title on container: H.G. Wells'.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
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.
Performers:
Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Maurice Braddell, Sophie Stewart, Derrick DeMarney, Ann Todd, Pearl Argyle, Kenneth Villiers, Ivan Brandt, Anne McLaren, Patricia Hilliard, Charles Carson.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; PCM mono; 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
English dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
