Description |
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Blu-ray |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
Series |
Film Movement classics.
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System Details |
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen ; requires Blu-ray player. |
Note |
Title and credits from screen. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. |
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Based on the novel: The big pick-up / Elleston Trevor, and, Dunkirk (Keep the memory green) / Ewan Butler and J.S. Bradford. |
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Issued in a boxed set entitled: Their finest hour: 5 British WWII classics. |
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Series statement from disc label. |
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Digitally restored by BFI. |
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Special features: Dunkirk Operation Dynamo newsreel; Young Veteran (Ealing short); Interview with actor Sean Barrett; John Mills home movie footage. |
Cast |
John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Robert Urquhart, Bernard Lee, Ray Jackson, Sean Barrett, Maxine Audley, Michael Shillo, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Kenneth Cope, Anthony Nicholls. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Paul Beeson ; editor, Gordon Stone ; music, Malcolm Arnold. |
Summary |
A cinematic retelling of the 1940 British evacuation, during World War II, of Dunkirk Beach. Code-named Operation Dynamo, the rescue was done both by the military and small boat owners from Great Britain. |
Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
Subject |
Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Rescues -- France -- Dunkerque -- History -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Dunkerque (France) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Genre |
War films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Blu-ray discs.
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Added Author |
Norman, Leslie, 1911-1993, film director.
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Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977, film producer.
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Divine, David, 1904-1987, screenwriter.
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Lipscomb, W. P. (William Percy), 1887-1958, screenwriter.
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Mills, John, 1908-2005, actor.
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Attenborough, Richard, actor.
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Urquhart, Robert, 1921-1995, actor.
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Lee, Bernard, 1908-1981, actor.
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Jackson, Ray, 1931-1989, actor.
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Barrett, Sean, 1940- actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Trevor, Elleston.
Big pick-up.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Butler, Ewan.
Keep the memory green.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, presenter.
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Ealing Films, production company.
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Film Movement (Firm), publisher.
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Added Title |
Container of (work): Dunkirk (Motion picture)
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Their finest hour: 5 British WWII classics.
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Standard No. |
850021115180 |
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850003924540 (boxed set) |
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