Eclipse 25: Basil Dearden's/Dvd - Criterion Collection - DVD
After mastering the mix of comedy, suspense, and horror that helped define the golden age of British cinema, Basil Dearden (along with his producing partner Michael Relph) left the legendary Ealing Studios and, in the late fifties and early sixties, created a series of gripping, groundbreaking, even controversial films. In dealing with racism, homophobia, and the lingering effects of World War II, these noir-tinged dramas burrowed into corners of London rarely seen on-screen. This set of elegantly crafted films; SAPPHIRE, a dissection of a hate crime; THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, a deft heist adventure suffused with postwar melancholy; VICTIM, a landmark gay character study, starring Dirk Bogarde; and ALL NIGHT LONG, a provocative transposition of Othello to the swinging London Jazz scene - brings this quintessential figure of British cinema out of the shadows.
Product Attributes: Alan Howard, Anthony Nicholls, Basil Dearden, Bernard Braden, Bernard Miles, Betsy Blair, Brian Murray, Bryan Forbes, Charles Lloyd Pack, Charles Mingus, Criterion Collection, Dave Brubeck, David Evans, David Lodge, Dawn Beret, Dennis Price, Derren Nesbitt, Dirk Bogarde, Donald Churchill, Doris Hare, Drama, Earl Cameron, Frank Pettitt, Freda Bamford, Geoffrey Holder, Gerald Harper, Gordon Heath, Harry Baird, Harry Towb, Hilton Edwards, Jack Hawkins, Jocelyn Britton, John Barrie, John Cairney, John Dankworth, Keith Michell, Kieron Moore, Lydia Sherwood, Maria Velasco, Marti Stevens, Mavis Villiers, Melissa Stribling, Michael Caig, Nanette Newman, Nigel Patrick, Nigel Stock, Noel Howlett, Norman Bird, Olga Lindo, Orlando Martins, Patrick McGoohan, Patrick Wymark, Paul Harris, Paul Massie, Peter Copley, Peter McEnery, Richard Attenborough, Robert Adams, Robert Coote, Roger Livesey, Rupert Davies, Sylvia Syms, Terence Alexander, Yvonne Buckingham, Yvonne Mitchel