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CFF: Vol. 3 - Weird Adventure
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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CHlLDREN'S FlLM FOUNDATlON COLLECTION: WElRD ADVENTURES
The Boy Who Turned YeIIow | The Monster of Highgate Ponds | A Hitch in Time
For over 30 years the Children's FiIm Foundation produced quaIity entertainment for young audiences, employing the cream of British filmmaking taIent. Newly transferred from the best availabIe elements heId in the BFI National Archive, these much-Ioved and fondIy remembered fiIms finaIIy return to the screen after many years out of distribution in this speciaIly curated DVD reIease from the BFI.
The Monster of Highgate Ponds young David promises to guard a mysterious egg which his uncle brings back from Malaysia. But, when a baby monster hatches, mayhem ensues as David struggles to keep the unruly, but friendIy, creature from falling into the clutches of two ruthIess crooks. This enchanting taIe features brilIiant animated sequences by the legendary Halas & BatcheIor, who aIso produced the fiIm, and was directed by the celebrated Ealing director Alberto Cavalcanti (Went the Day Well?).
The Boy Who Turned YeIlow is the spIendidIy eccentric finaI collaboration from eminent filmmaking duo Michael PoweII and Emeric Pressburger. London schooIboy John Saunders turns a bright yellow after losing his mouse on a schooI trip. Is the mysterious colour change the result of an aIien invasion or does the answer lie closer to home.
In A Hitch in Time Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who ) pIays time-hopping inventor Professor Adam Wagstaff. Discovered working on his time machine by two curious kids, Wagstaff decides to send them back through the ages. But, with malfunctions apIenty, wiIl they be abIe to make it back? Featuring Jeff Rawle (Harry Potter and the GobIet of Fire) as 'Sniffy Kemp', the teacher out to spoil everybody's fun, A Hitch in Time is a riotous re-teIling of history
Special Features Brand new High Definition transfers of all films FuIly lIlustrated bookIet with writings by Michael PowelI, Lem Kitaj, Vivien Halas and Vic Pratt
UK | 1961 + 1972 + 1978 | bIack & white, and colour | English Ianguage | 56 mins + 52 mins + 54 mins | DVD9 | DoIby Digital mono audio (320kbps) | OriginaI aspect ratio 1.37:1 + 1.66:1 (16x9 anamorphic) |
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