Rent The Complete Humphrey Jennings: Vol.3: A Diary for Timothy (1950)
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- Synopsis:
Widely celebrated as one of Britain's greatest filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings is a true poet of the cinema whose work was the inspiration for Danny Boyle's 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony. This, the last of three comprehensive volumes which bring together his entire directorial output, features the films he made between 1944 and 1951, and charts his transition from wartime to peacetime filmmaking. Featuring 'A Diary for Timothy', Jennings' much-loved collaboration with E M Forster, 'The Dim Little Island', a muted but affecting celebration of Britishness, and 'Family Portrait', the esoteric Festival of Britain film, this essential collection confirms Jennings as a master of the cinematic art.
Documentary Films Comprise:
- The True Story of Lili Marlene (1944)
- The Eighty Days (1944)
- Myra Hess (1945)
- A Diary for Timothy (1946)
- A Defeated People (1946)
- The Cumberland Story (1947)
- The Dim Little Island (1948)
- Family Portrait (1950)- Actors:
- Denis Blood, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Addinsell, Arthur Benjamin, John Greenwood, Marius Goring, Lucie Mannheim, Pat Hughes, Werner Aluensleba, Jacques Aubert, Denis Johnston, Jim Kinley, Humphrey Jennings, Dorit Talmadge, Edward R. Murrow, Myra Hess, John Gielgud, Timothy James Jenkins, George Woodbridge, Elizabeth Jenkins
- Directors:
- Humphrey Jennings
- Producers:
- Humphrey Jennings, Basil Wright, Alexander Shaw, Ian Dalrymple
- Voiced By:
- Michael Redgrave, William Hartnell, Michael Goodliffe
- Narrated By:
- Michael Redgrave, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Michael Goodliffe
- Writers:
- E.M. Forster, Humphrey Jennings
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Documentary, Drama, Music & Musicals, Special Interest
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like The Magic Box, Films to Watch If You Like..., Top 10 British War Films (1939-45)
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/07/2013
- Run Time:
- 218 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- V.1. (1944, 8 mins): alternative cut of 'The Eighty Days'
- The Good Life (Graham Wallace, 1951,18 mins): the film Jennings was working on at his death
