The David Lean Collection (Box Set) (DVD)

The David Lean Collection (Box Set) (DVD)

Drama - Director: David Lean - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: John Howard Davies, Charles Laughton, John Mills, Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Alec Guinness more

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Contains a selection of films by the director David Lean. Includes BRIEF ENCOUNTER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, OLIVER TWIST, MADELEINE, THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS, THE SOUND BARRIER, HOBSON'S...
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Surprising the audience was very important to
David Lean  whether it was Pip rushing straight
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move or excite his audience.  Set Comprises:  The
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an adventure into the unknown  but also the story
of the women who wait at home. A self-made
aircraft manufacturer is determined that his
company will be the first to build a plane which
flies faster than sound.  Hobson's Choice (1954):
The eldest daughter of an alcoholic 
self-important Lancashire bootmaker marries his
boot-hand and sets up a rival business.  Blithe
Spirit (1945): A happily married author writing a
novel on mediums  invites one to supper one
evening. After holding a seance  the husband's
deceased first wife appears and begins to cause
chaos!  Brief Encounter (1946): Noel Coward's
sensitive portrayal of what happens when two
happily married strangers  played by Trevor Howard
and Celia Johnson  meet and their acquaintance
deepens into affection and eventually into love.
It is the story of two people  thrown together by
the chance meeting of the title  helpless in the
face of their emotions but redeemed by their moral
courage.  Great Expectations (1946): A stylish
film presentation of Charles Dickens' heart
warming story of a young man befriending an
escaped convict who becomes his unknown benefactor
 and of the consequences for the young man as he
establishes himself in the world.  Oliver Twist
(1948): Oliver Twist  orphaned at birth and raised
in the workhouse  is expelled for daring to ask
the Beadle for more food. Unhappily apprenticed to
an Undertaker  Oliver escaped to London  where he
meets the cheeky Artful Dodger  the villainous
Fagin  the aggressive Bill Sykesand the kindly but
doomed Nancy. Torn constantly between the forces
of good and evil  Oliver eventually seals his fate
by picking the pocket of a rich gentleman. 
Madeleine (1950) Lean's accomplished film of the
famous Scottish Madeleine Smith case in which a
woman from a wealthy family is accused of the
murder of her lover.  The Passionate Friends
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financier  Mary Justin has the freedom and comfort
she has always yearned for  but her life is one
that lacks emotional fulfilment.  On a visit to
Switzerland she runs into an old friend  Steven
Stratton  with whom she once had a passionate love
affair  many years before her marriage.  Her
meeting with Steven rekindles old memories of a
friendship of the most beautiful kind.  This Happy
Breed (1944): A splendidly acted classic
portraying how an ordinary British family lived
between the wars. Just after WWI the Gibbons
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unshakeable belief that no matter how hard the
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In the Battle of Crete she is dive-bombed while
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We see  through the memories of her survivors  the
ordeals  achievements and gallantry of HMS Torrin
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The David Lean Collection (Box Set) (DVD)

Product details

Actor(s): Alec Guinness, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Charles Laughton, John Howard Davies

Director(s): David Lean

Genre: Drama

Classification: Parental Guidance

Running Time: 14 hours 11 minutes

Video Category: Feature Film

Release details

DVD Region: DVD

Studio(s): ITV DVD; CINRAM LOGISTICS

Release date: 20/11/2006

No of Discs: 9

Catalogue No: 3711522593

Barcode: 5037115225931

DVD Description

Contains a selection of films by the director David Lean. Includes BRIEF ENCOUNTER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, OLIVER TWIST, MADELEINE, THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS, THE SOUND BARRIER, HOBSON'S CHOICE, THIS HAPPY BREED, and BLITHE SPIRIT.

Languages

Main Language: English

Technical information

Special Features: Scene selection

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Sound: Dolby Digital

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