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Title:
Tess [DVD video]
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Edition:
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.)
ISBN:
9781604659610
Abstract:
An exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge. With its earthy visual textures it is a work of great pastoral beauty as well as vivid storytelling.
General Note:
Based on the novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: Ciné regards (Forty-five minute documentary shot on location for French television during the making of the film); Once upon a time ... "Tess" (a 2006 documentary about the film); On the making of Tess: From novel to screen, Filming Tess, Tess: the experience; The south bank show (host Melvyn Bragg interveiws the director about Tess and his career in this 1979 episode); Trailer. Booklet features an essay by critic Colin MacCabe.
Performers:
Nastassia Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles, Richard Pearson, David Markham, Pascale de Boysson, Suzanna Hamilton, Caroline Embling, Tony Church, Lesley Dunlop, Sylvia Coleridge, Fred Bryant, Dicken Ashworth, Patsy Rowlands, John Barrett, Patsy Smart.
Technical Details:
DVD: widescreen presentation: region 1; 5.1 surround.
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Language:
English
Additional Language:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Added Uniform Title:
South Bank show (Television program)
Audience:
CHV rating: PG ; OFRB rating: PG.
