A matter of life and death [DVD video]

2 videodiscs (104 min.) : DVD video, sound, color, black and white; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages ; illustrations ; folded to 19 x 12 cm)

ISBN:

9781681434841

Abstract:

After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter encounters the American radio operator to whom he has just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the clerical error that spared his life, Peter must mount a fierce defense for his right to stay on earth.

General Note:

Title from container.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946.

Special features on disc 1: audio commentary from 2009 featuring film scholar Ian Christie; restoration demonstration ; on disc 2: new interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker, director Michael Powell's widow; new interview with film historian Craig Barron on the film's visual effects and production design; interview from 2009 with filmmaker Martin Scorsese; The colour merchant, a 1998 short film by Craig McCall featuring cinematographer Jack Cardiff ; on insert: essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek.

Performers:

David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Abraham Sofaer, Robert Coote, Joan Maude, Kathleen Byron, Bonar Calleano, Richard Attenborough.

Technical Details:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; 4:3 presentation; Dolby digital 1.0.

Subject Term:

Air pilots -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.

Near-death experiences -- Drama.

Trials -- Drama.

Genre:

Romantic comedy films.

Fantasy films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.