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Great adaptations [videorecording] / Cineguild ; The Rank Organisation Film Productions Ltd. ; Two Arts Ltd. ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; J. Arthur Rank Films ; a joint venture between Janus Films and Home vision Cinema ; produced by Ronald Neame, Lewis M. Allen ; directed by David Lean, Peter Brooks, Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: GRE130 | Home Vision EntertainmentSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs)Publication details: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Entertainment, [2004]Description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 387 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 078002933X (set)
  • 9780780029330
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1997.85 .C7
Contents:
David Lean's Great expectations / Anthony Havelock-Allen, David Lean, Cecil McGiven, Ronald Neame, Kay Walsh -- Peter Brook's Lord of the flies / Peter Brooks -- Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's The most dangerous game / James Ashmore Creelman -- David Lean's Oliver Twist / Stanley Haynes, David Lean.
Production credits:
  • Directors of photography, Guy Green, Gerald Feil, Tom Hollyman, Henry Gerrard ; art directors, Carroll Clark, John Bryan ; editors, Jack Harris, Peter Brook, Gerard Feil, Jean-Claude Lubtchanesky, Archie E. Marsheek ; music, Walter Goehr ; Raymond Leppard, Max Steiner, Sir Arnold Bax ; costume designers, Sophia Harris, Margaret Furse ; production designer, John Bryan.
Cast: John Mills, Jean Simmons, James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, John Howard Davies, Alec Guinness.Summary: "Great expectations": Pip is a humble orphan who suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. "Lord of the flies": Shipwrecked on an island, the castaway boys eventually revert to savagery despite the few who attempt to prevent it. "The most dangerous game": A mad hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers. "Oliver Twist": An orphan boy runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London.
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DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVD GreatAd (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Donated to: Dhour El Choueir school – 19 June 2023 5073010
DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection DVDGreatAdMostDa (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5073029
DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVDGreatAdLordOfFl (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Donated to: Dhour El Choueir school – 19 June 2023 5073001
DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVDGreatAdGreatEX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5072672

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

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John Mills, Jean Simmons, James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, John Howard Davies, Alec Guinness.

Directors of photography, Guy Green, Gerald Feil, Tom Hollyman, Henry Gerrard ; art directors, Carroll Clark, John Bryan ; editors, Jack Harris, Peter Brook, Gerard Feil, Jean-Claude Lubtchanesky, Archie E. Marsheek ; music, Walter Goehr ; Raymond Leppard, Max Steiner, Sir Arnold Bax ; costume designers, Sophia Harris, Margaret Furse ; production designer, John Bryan.

"Great expectations" originally released as a motion picture in 1946; "Lord of the flies" originally released as a motion picture in 1963; "The most dangerous game" originally released as a motion picture in 1932; "Oliver Twist" originally released as a motion picture in 1948.

"Great expectations" based on the novel by Charles Dickens; "Lord of the flies" based on the novel by William Golding; "The most dangerous game" based on the story by Richard Connell; "Oliver Twist" based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

"Great expectations": Pip is a humble orphan who suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. "Lord of the flies": Shipwrecked on an island, the castaway boys eventually revert to savagery despite the few who attempt to prevent it. "The most dangerous game": A mad hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers. "Oliver Twist": An orphan boy runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London.

David Lean's Great expectations / Anthony Havelock-Allen, David Lean, Cecil McGiven, Ronald Neame, Kay Walsh -- Peter Brook's Lord of the flies / Peter Brooks -- Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's The most dangerous game / James Ashmore Creelman -- David Lean's Oliver Twist / Stanley Haynes, David Lean.

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