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H.G. Wells' things to come /

Contributor(s):

Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: CC2272D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 660.Producer: [Britain] : London Film Production, [1936]Distributor: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : United Artists, [1936]Distributor: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]Copyright date: ©1936Copyright date: ©2013Edition: DVD special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([22] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)Content type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

9781604657357
1604657359
9786315064784
6315064787

Other title:

Things to come

Uniform titles:

Things to come (Motion picture)

Related works:

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wells, H. G. 1866-1946. Shape of things to come

Subject(s):

Genre/Form: DDC classification:

791.43/72 23

LOC classification:

PN1997 .T45 2013

Online resources:

IMDB.com webpage for this title

Production credits:

Settings designed by Vincent Korda ; photography by Georges Perinal ; music specially composed by Arthur Bliss ; musical director, Muir Mathieson ; costumes designed by John Armstrong, Rene Hubert and the Marchioness of Queensberry [Cathleen Mann] ; film editors, Charles Crichton, Francis Lyon ; special effects directed by Ned Mann.

Cast: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Maurice Braddell, Sophie Stewart, Derrick De Marney, Ann Todd, Pearl Argyle, Kenneth Villiers, Ivan Brandt, Anne McLaren, Patricia Hilliard, Charles Carson.Summary: "Skipping through time, Things to come bears witness to world war, disease, dictatorship and finally utopia. Conceived, written and overseen by Wells himself as an adaptation of his own work."

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02861 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050276854

Title from disc label.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.

Full screen 1.37:1 aspect ratio.

Special features: New high-definiton digital film restoration; Audio commentary featuring film historian and writer David Kalat; Christopher Frayling on the design (interview with writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling); Bruce Eder on the score (film historian Bruce Eder on Arthur Bliss's musical score); László Moholy-Nagy (unused footage by special effects artist Moholy-Nagy); The wandering sickness (audio recording from 1936 of a reading from H.G. Wells's writing). Booklet features an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.

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