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A Canterbury tale [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Criterion Collection, c2006.

World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Kent -- Drama.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Drama.

Country life -- England -- Drama.

Kent (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.

England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

Criterion collection 341.

Alternate title:

A pilgim's return [videorecording (DVD)].

A Canterbury trail [videorecording (DVD)].

Listen to Britain [videorecording (DVD)].

[videorecording (DVD)] /

Double-disc special ed.

2 videodisc (124 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet (20 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Inspired by themes from Chaucer's "Canterbury tales".

Videodisc release of the 1944 British comedy-drama motion picture.

Special features: (Disc 1) audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie ; excerpts from the American version with Kim Hunter; (Disc 2) new interview with Sheila Sim ; "A pilgrim's return," a documentary about John Sweet ; "A Canterbury trail," a documentary visit to film locations ; "Listen to Britain," a 2001 video-installation piece by Victor Burgin inspired by the film ; "Listen to Britain," a 1942 documentary by Humphrey Jennings ; plus, a booklet featuring essays by Graham Fuller, Peter von Bagh, and actor John Sweet.

1.33:1 aspect ratio.

English (SDH) subtitles for the hearing impaired.

Written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price and Sergeant John Sweet with Esmond Knight as the seven sisters soldiers/narrator/village idiot.

"Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's beloved classic A Canterbury Tale is a profoundly personal journey to Powell's bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amidst the tumult of the Second World War yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer's pilgrims a melancholy 'landgirl,' a plainspoken American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant - who are waylaid in the English countryside en route to the mythical town and forced to solve a bizarre village crime. Building to a majestic climax that ranks as one of the filmmaking duo's finest achievements, the dazzling A Canterbury Tale has acquired a following passionate enough to qualify as pilgrims themselves."--Container.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Cantebury tales. Film adaptations.

Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.

Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.

Portman, Eric, 1903-1969.

Sim, Sheila, 1922-

Price, Dennis, 1915-1973.

Sweet, John, 1916-2011-

Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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