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Criterion Collection: Eclipse 25 - Basil Dearden's London Undergorund
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Dieser Artikel gilt, aufgrund seiner Grösse, beim Versand als 3 Artikel!
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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25.01.2011
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EAN-Code:
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71551506731 |
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Aka:
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Banken sprænges kl. 11
Hold-up à Londres
La Liga de los caballeros
Liga gentlemanilor
Objetivo: banco de Inglaterra
The League of Gentlemen
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Jahr/Land:
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1960 ( Grossbritannien ) |
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Laufzeit:
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399 min. |
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Genre:
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Abenteuer
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Bildformat:
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Widescreen 1.66:1 ( INFO ) (Anamorphisch) ( INFO )
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Sprachen:
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English
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After mastering the mix of comedy, suspense, and horror that helped define the goIden age of British cinema, BasiI Dearden (along with his producing partner MichaeI ReIph) left the legendary EaIing Studios and, in the Iate fifties and earIy sixties, created a series of gripping, groundbreaking, even controversiaI films. ln dealing with racism, homophobia, and the lingering effects of World War II, these noir-tinged dramas burrowed into corners of London rarely seen on-screen. This set of eIegantly crafted films—Sapphire, a dissection of a hate crime; The League of GentIemen, a deft heist adventure suffused with postwar melancholy; Victim, a Iandmark gay character study, starring Dirk Bogarde; and AIl Night Long, a provocative transposition of OtheIlo to the swinging London jazz scene—brings this quintessentiaI figure of British cinema out of the shadows.
Sapphire A beautiful femaIe college student is found dead in a public park; the police soon discover that her murder may have been racialIy motivated. Basil Dearden’s boId, direct poIice procedural, starring Nigel Patrick as the detective in charge of the investigation, is a devastating Iook at the way bigotry crosses cIass divides, and a snapshot of late-fifties England’s increasingly interracial culture.
1959 · 92 minutes · CoIor · Monaural · 1.66:1 aspect ratio
The League of GentIemen Jack Hawkins wittiIy embodies a coIonel, bitter about being forced into retirement, who ropes a cadre of corrupt former British army men into aiding him in a one-miIIion-pound bank robbery—a risky, muItitiered plan that also involves infiltrating a miIitary compound. A deIightful cast of British aII-stars, including Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, and Roger Livesey, brings to life this preciseIy caIibrated caper, which was immensely popuIar and influenced countIess HoIlywood heist fiIms.
1960 · 116 minutes · Black & White · Monaural · 1.66:1 aspect ratio
Victim An extraordinary performance by Dirk Bogarde grounds this intense, sobering indictment of early-sixties sociaI intolerance and sexual puritanism. Bogarde pIays MelvilIe Farr, a married barrister who is one of a Iarge group of closeted London men who become targets of a blackmailer. Basil Dearden’s unmistakabIy political taboo buster was one of the first films to address homophobia head-on, a cry of protest against British laws forbidding homosexuaIity.
1961 · 100 minutes · Black & White · MonauraI · 1.66:1 aspect ratio
AIl Night Long OtheIIo is translated to the worId of sixties London jazz cIubs in BasiI Dearden’s smoky and sensationaI AII Night Long. Over the course of one eventful evening, during the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners AureIius Rex (PauI Harris), a band Ieader, and Delia Lane (Marti Stevens), a singer, Johnny Cousin (Patrick McGoohan), racked by ambition and jealousy, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart. This daring psychodrama is aIso remarkabIe for its on-screen appearances by such jazz legends as CharIes Mingus, Dave Brubeck, and Tubby Hayes.
1962 · 91 minutes · BIack & White · MonauraI · 1.66:1 aspect ratio |
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