The importance of being Earnest [videorecording] / Carlton International Media Limited ; British Film Makers, Ltd. ; Anthony Asquith production ; director, Anthony Asquith ; producer, Teddy Baird.

Other Title:

Container title: Anthony Asquith's The importance of being Earnest [videorecording]

Publication:

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2002.

Series:

Criterion collection; 158.
Criterion collection ; 158

Format/Description:

Video
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + pamphlet ([6] p. ; 19 cm.).

Subjects:

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Film adaptations.
England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.

Form/Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.

Language:

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

DVD; Dolby Digital

Summary:

A witty, delightful story about a lovestruck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Ernest.

Participant:

Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Margaret Rutherford, Edith Evans, Dorothy Tutin, Joan Greenwood.

Credits:

Director of photography, Desmond Dickinson ; editor, John G. Guthridge ; music, Benjamin Frankel.

Notes:

Based on the play by Oscar Wilde.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Special features: rare production stills with notes by film historian Bruce Eder, original theatrical trailer.

Contributor:

Asquith, Anthony, 1902-1968. , Director
Baird, Teddy. , Producer
Redgrave, Michael, Sir. , Actor
Denison, Michael. , Actor
Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972. , Actor
Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976. , Actor
Greenwood, Joan, 1921- , Actor
Frankel, Benjamin. , Composer
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. , Author
Carlton International Media Limited. , Producer
British Film Makers, Ltd. , Producer
Criterion Collection (Firm) , Distributor

Related Work:

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900., Author Importance of being Earnest.

ISBN:

0780024982

OCLC:

50186936

Publisher Number:

037429165621
IMP060 Criterion Collection

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