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ID: TPDVD150 (EAN: 604388725205) | 1 DVD
- LABEL:
- Tony Palmer
- Kolekce:
- Popular Music
- Skladatel:
- OSBORNE, John James
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Interpreti:
- BURTON, Richard | OSBORNE, John James | PALMER, Tony
- Dal informace:
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: 0, All Regions
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Tony Palmer Films
DVD Release Date: September 15, 2009
Run Time: 128 minutes
On May 8th 1956, Look Back in Anger changed theatrical history. It’s a fact. But why? And in what ways? And could it possibly be true that Osborne wrote very little else of consequence, as some of his harshest critics maintain? And what exactly did his outbursts against the world in which he found himself really represent?
Osborne believed in an England which he saw successive governments destroying, and saw himself as almost a lone voice screaming protest - it was as simple as that. But this protest was maintained at a terrible cost, to his wives, to his professional standing, to his health, to his pocket, and eventually to his own self-confidence. He made an epic journey from the most successful playwright of his generation, to a forlorn and almost forgotten figure, railing at those who preferred to ignore him. But what was really extraordinary was that throughout that journey, he never lost the fiery power of tongues.
A unique aspect of this two-hour film is the recent discovery of extracts from some of the original stage performances of Osborne’s most famous plays, material of great historical importance not seen for almost 40 years. - Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer; Albert Finney in Luther; Nicol Williamson in Inadmissable Evidence; Robert Stephens in Epitaph for George Dillon; Jill Bennett in A Patriot for Me, with a very young John Osborne as Reidl. Apart from a behind-the-scenes look at Osborne’s Oscar-winning film, Tom Jones, other contributions are from David Hare, Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, John Heilpern (Osborne’s authorized biographer), Peter Nichols, Christopher Hampton, Jocelyn Herbert, Claire Bloom, Charles Wood, Kenneth Tynan, Tony Richardson, Natasha Richardson, Lindsay Anderson, Peter Bowles, Ben Walden, Terence Frisby, Bill Bryden, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Page and the late Helen Osborne, with extracts from other plays performed by Peter Egan and Tom Hollander.
Performance Credits
Laurence Olivier -(Films)(Music) - Participant
Albert Finney -(Films)(Biography)(Music) - Participant
Nicol Williamson -(Films)(Biography)(Music) - Participant
Robert Stephens -(Films)(Biography)(Music) - Participant
Jill Bennett - Actor
John Osbourne - Actor
Richard Burton - Actor
David Hare - Participant
Kenneth Tynan - Participant
Tony Richardson - Participant
Claire Bloom - Participant
John Heilpern - Participant
Peter Nichols - Participant
Christopher Hampton - Participant
Jocelyn Herbert - Participant
Charels Wood - Participant
Natasha Richardson - Actor
Lindsay Anderson - Actor
Peter Bowles - Actor
Ben Walden - Participant
Terence Frisby - Participant
Bill Bryden - Participant
Sylvia Syms - Participant
Ben Kenwright - Participant
Robert Fox - Participant
Anthony Page - Participant
Helen Osbourne - Participant
Technical Credits
Tony Palmer - Director
| Scene Index | | | Tony Palmer's Classic Film of John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship | | | 1. | Angry Young Man | 8:58 | | | 2. | English Stage Company and Look Back in Anger | 9:04 | | | 3. | Damn You England | 4:00 | | | 4. | Max Miller | 2:45 | | | 5. | My Childhood and My Mother | 8:19 | | | 6. | The Royal Court | 4:12 | | | 7. | "Luther" | 4:06 | | | 8. | "Inadmissibe Evidence" | 5:30 | | | 9. | Censorship | 3:06 | | | 10. | Tom Jones | 5:26 | | | 11. | Wives and Daughters | 7:27 | | | 12. | "Patriot for Me and and Jill Bennett | 8:04 | | | 13. | "A Sense of Detachment" | 7:59 | | | 14. | Rejection and "Epitaph for George Dillon" | 6:13 | | | 15. | "Hotel in Amsterdam" | 2:08 | | | 16. | Helen and The Hurst | 3:24 | | | 17. | Déjŕ Vu | 8:20 | | | 18. | Chez Osboune and Peter Bowles | 10:24 | | | 19. | Bill Kenwright | 5:22 | | | 20. | The Book of Common Prayer | 4:48 | | | 21. | Playwright, Actor and Friend | 7:45 | | | 22. | End Credits | 0:48 | |
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