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H.G. Wells' things to come Cover Image DVD DVD

H.G. Wells' things to come

Menzies, William Cameron, 1896-1957 (film director.). Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956 (film producer.). Massey, Raymond, (actor.). Chapman, Edward, 1901-1977 (actor.). Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983 (actor.). Scott, Margaretta, (actor.). Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964 (actor.). Braddell, Maurice, (actor.). Stewart, Sophie, 1909-1977 (actor.). De Marney, Derrick, 1906-1978 (actor.). Todd, Ann, 1909-1993 (actor.). Argyle, Pearl, 1910-1947 (actor.). Villiers, Kenneth, 1912-1992 (actor.). Brandt, Ivan, 1903-1972 (actor.). McLaren, Anne, (actor.). Hilliard, Patricia, 1916-2001 (actor.). Carson, Charles, 1885-1977 (actor.). Korda, Vincent, 1896-1979 (set designer.). Périnal, Georges, 1897-1965 (director of photography.). Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975 (composer (expression)). Mathieson, Muir, (musical director.). Armstrong, John, 1893-1973 (costume designer.). Hubert, Rene, 1895-1976 (costume designer.). Mann, Cathleen, 1896-1959 (costume designer.). Crichton, Charles, 1910-1999 (editor of moving image work.). Lyon, Francis D., 1905-1996 (editor of moving image work.). Kalat, David, 1970- (commentator.). Frayling, Christopher, (interviewee (expression)). Eder, Bruce, (interviewee (expression)). Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946 (artist.). O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948- (author.). Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866-1946 Things to come. (Added Author). Janus Films. (Added Author). ITV Studios. (Added Author). London Film Productions. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Maurice Braddell, Sophie Stewart, Derrick De Marney, Ann Todd, Pearl Argyle, Kenneth Villiers, Ivan Brandt, Anne McLaren, Patricia Hilliard, Charles Carson. (Cast).

Summary:

"Skipping through time, Things to come bears witness to world war, disease, dictatorship and finally utopia. Conceived, written and overseen by Wells himself as an adaptation of his own work."

Item details

  • ISBN: 1604657359
  • ISBN: 9781604657357
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
    videodisc
  • Edition: DVD special edition.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
Special features: New high-definiton digital film restoration; Audio commentary featuring film historian and writer David Kalat; Christopher Frayling on the design (interview with writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling); Bruce Eder on the score (film historian Bruce Eder on Arthur Bliss's musical score); László Moholy-Nagy (unused footage by special effects artist Moholy-Nagy); The wandering sickness (audio recording from 1936 of a reading from H.G. Wells's writing). Booklet features an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Settings designed by Vincent Korda ; photography by Georges Perinal ; music specially composed by Arthur Bliss ; musical director, Muir Mathieson ; costumes designed by John Armstrong, Rene Hubert and the Marchioness of Queensberry [Cathleen Mann] ; film editors, Charles Crichton & Francis Lyon ; special effects directed by Ned Mann.
Participant or Performer Note: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Maurice Braddell, Sophie Stewart, Derrick De Marney, Ann Todd, Pearl Argyle, Kenneth Villiers, Ivan Brandt, Anne McLaren, Patricia Hilliard, Charles Carson.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; PCM mono; 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
Language Note:
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles.

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