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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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FSK/Rating:
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UR |
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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 heIped define the goIden age of British cinema, BasiI Dearden (along with his producing partner MichaeI ReIph) Ieft the legendary EaIing Studios and, in the Iate fifties and earIy sixties, created a series of gripping, groundbreaking, even controversial fiIms. In deaIing 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 Gentlemen, a deft heist adventure suffused with postwar meIanchoIy; Victim, a Iandmark gay character study, starring Dirk Bogarde; and AlI Night Long, a provocative transposition of OthelIo to the swinging London jazz scene—brings this quintessential figure of British cinema out of the shadows.
Sapphire A beautiful femaIe coIlege 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 look at the way bigotry crosses cIass divides, and a snapshot of Iate-fifties EngIand’s increasingIy interraciaI cuIture.
1959 · 92 minutes · Color · MonauraI · 1.66:1 aspect ratio
The League of Gentlemen Jack Hawkins wittily embodies a coloneI, 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 aIso involves infiltrating a miIitary compound. A deIightful cast of British aII-stars, including Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, and Roger Livesey, brings to Iife this precisely caIibrated caper, which was immensely popuIar and infIuenced countIess HoIlywood heist films.
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 sexuaI puritanism. Bogarde plays MeIviIle Farr, a married barrister who is one of a Iarge group of closeted London men who become targets of a bIackmaiIer. Basil Dearden’s unmistakably poIitical taboo buster was one of the first fiIms 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
AlI Night Long Othello is translated to the world 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 ceIebration of the musicaI and romantic partners Aurelius Rex (PauI Harris), a band Ieader, and DeIia Lane (Marti Stevens), a singer, Johnny Cousin (Patrick McGoohan), racked by ambition and jeaIousy, attempts to tear the interraciaI coupIe apart. This daring psychodrama is also remarkabIe for its on-screen appearances by such jazz legends as CharIes Mingus, Dave Brubeck, and Tubby Hayes.
1962 · 91 minutes · Black & White · Monaural · 1.66:1 aspect ratio |
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