A Canterbury tale
Follow three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer's pilgrims - a landgirl, an American GI, and a British sergeant waylaid in the English countryside, forced to solve a bizarre village crime en route to a mythical town.
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Physical Description
videodisc
2 videodiscs (approximately 124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. - Edition [2-disc special ed.].
- Publisher Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1944. Special features: Disc 1: New digital transfer; audio comentary by film historian Ian Christie; scenes from Michael Powell's reedited American version ; Disc 2: New video interview with actress Sheila Sim; "John Sweet: a pilgrim's return": a short documentary on actor John Sweet's 2001 return to 'Canterbury'; "A Canterbury trail": a documentary featuring footage from the annual Kent walking tour of the film locations; Humphrey Jenning's landmark documentary "Listen to Britain" (1942); artist Victor Burgin's impressionistic video piece "Listen to Britain" (2001), inspired by Jennings's film and "A Canterbury tale." GMD: videodisc. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Cinematography, Erwin Hillier ; editor, John Seabourne ; music composer, Allan Gray. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sgt. John Sweet, Esmond Knight. |
| Target Audience Note: | Not rated. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, ; full screen presentation (1.33:1) ; Dolby digital mono ; region 1. |
| Language Note: | English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |