| Authors: |
Columbia Pictures.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.
Scorsese, Martin.
Mirren, Helen.
Niven, David, 1910-1983.
Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002.
Goring, Marius, 1912-1998.
Livesey, Roger, 1906-1976.
Massey, Raymond.
Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.
Mason, James, 1909-1984.
Yeldham, Peter.
MacGowran, Jack, 1918-1973.
Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969.
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| Material type: |
DVD-Video |
| Subject: |
Australia -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
Fighter pilots -- England -- Drama.
Radio operators -- United States -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Death -- Drama.
Heaven -- Drama.
Artists -- Australia -- Drama.
Creative ability -- Drama.
Action and adventure films.
War films.
Historical films.
Biographical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Lindsay, Norman,1879-1969 -- Drama.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009] |
| Description: |
2 videodiscs (ca. 210 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
143591578X 9781435915787 |
| Notes: |
Title from container. |
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Age of consent from the novel by Norman Lindsay. |
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A matter of life and death originally released as a motion picture in 1946. |
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Age of consent originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
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"A matter of life and death, originally released in an edited version in the U.S. as Stairway to Heaven, is here presented for the first time, complete and restored." |
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Special features (A matter of life and death): Director Martin Scorsese on A matter of life and death; commentary by historian Ian Christie. |
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Special features (Age of consent): Director Martin Scorsese on Age of consent; commentary with historian Kent Jones; making Age of consent; Helen Mirren: a conversation with Cora; Down Under with Ron and Valerie Taylor. |
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Introduced by Martin Scorsese and Helen Mirren. |
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A matter of life and death cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey. |
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Age of consent cast: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran. |
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DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) and anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital, NTSC. |
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English dialogue, English or French subtitles; closed-captioned. |
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These DVD discs are copy protected. |
| Contents: |
Disc 1: A matter of life and death (Stairway to heaven) / written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (1946 ; ca. 104 min. ; full screen) -- Disc 2: Age of consent / a Michael Powell/James Mason production ; produced by Michael Powell and James Mason ; screenplay by Peter Yeldham (1969 ; ca. 106 min. ; anamrophic widescreen). |
| Series: |
Collector's choice.
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| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements (A matter of life and death). |
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| Summary: |
A matter of life and death: British flyer Peter Carter survives a jump from his burning plane without parachute and wakes up in a nether world between Earth and the next life. He is informed that he should have died and must go to Heaven, where he is put on trial for his life. He falls in love with June, an American radio operator. |