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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, IL : Home Vision Entertainment, [2004]
Description:	4 videodiscs (ca. 387 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Series:	The Criterion collection Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs)
Subject:	Orphans -- Drama. Shipwrecks -- Drama. Hunters -- Drama. Hunters. Orphans. Shipwrecks. Feature films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Drama.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6161558

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:	Lean, David, 1908-1991 Brooks, Peter. Pichel, Irving, 1891-1954. Schoedsack, Ernest B., 1893-1979 Mills, John, 1908-2005 Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010. Aubrey, James, 1947- Chapin, Tom. McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990 Green, Guy, 1913-2005 Goehr, Walter. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Great expectations. Golding, William, 1911-1993. Lord of the flies. Connell, Richard Edward, 1893-1949. Most dangerous game. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Oliver Twist.
Other authors / contributors:	Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN:	078002933X 9780780029330
Notes:	Title from container. "Great expectations" originally released as a motion picture in 1946; "Lord of the flies" originally released as a motion picture in 1963; "The most dangerous game" originally released as a motion picture in 1932; "Oliver Twist" originally released as a motion picture in 1948. "Great expectations" based on the novel by Charles Dickens; "Lord of the flies" based on the novel by William Golding; "The most dangerous game" based on the story by Richard Connell; "Oliver Twist" based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Directors of photography, Guy Green, Gerald Feil, Tom Hollyman, Henry Gerrard ; art directors, Carroll Clark, John Bryan ; editors, Jack Harris, Peter Brook, Gerard Feil, Jean-Claude Lubtchanesky, Archie E. Marsheek ; music, Walter Goehr ; Raymond Leppard, Max Steiner, Sir Arnold Bax ; costume designers, Sophia Harris, Margaret Furse ; production designer, John Bryan. John Mills, Jean Simmons, James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, John Howard Davies, Alec Guinness. DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Summary:	"Great expectations": Pip is a humble orphan who suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. "Lord of the flies": Shipwrecked on an island, the castaway boys eventually revert to savagery despite the few who attempt to prevent it. "The most dangerous game": A mad hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers. "Oliver Twist": An orphan boy runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London.
Target Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Standard no.:	037429200223
Publisher's no.:	GRE130 Home Vision Entertainment

Description
Summary:	These four classic literary adaptations in one set: Great Expectations; Lord of the Flies; The Most Dangerous Game; and Oliver Twist. A resource for students reluctant to do the assigned reading!
Item Description:	Title from container. "Great expectations" originally released as a motion picture in 1946; "Lord of the flies" originally released as a motion picture in 1963; "The most dangerous game" originally released as a motion picture in 1932; "Oliver Twist" originally released as a motion picture in 1948. "Great expectations" based on the novel by Charles Dickens; "Lord of the flies" based on the novel by William Golding; "The most dangerous game" based on the story by Richard Connell; "Oliver Twist" based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Physical Description:	4 videodiscs (ca. 387 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:	Directors of photography, Guy Green, Gerald Feil, Tom Hollyman, Henry Gerrard ; art directors, Carroll Clark, John Bryan ; editors, Jack Harris, Peter Brook, Gerard Feil, Jean-Claude Lubtchanesky, Archie E. Marsheek ; music, Walter Goehr ; Raymond Leppard, Max Steiner, Sir Arnold Bax ; costume designers, Sophia Harris, Margaret Furse ; production designer, John Bryan.
ISBN:	078002933X 9780780029330