H.G. Wells' things to come
(Blu-ray) 

Book Cover
Average Rating

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - AdultBLU-RAY THINGSOn Shelf
Northlake Public Library District - AV StacksBLU RAY THINChecked out
Oak Lawn Public Library - AVBLU-RAY SCI FI THINGSChecked out
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - VideoBLURAY GOLDEN ERA HOn Shelf

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

Other Editions and Formats

Blu-ray
 Show Edition
Available from another library
Where is it?
Place Hold
DVD
 Show Editions
On Shelf
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
DVD SCI-FI THINGS
1 available
Where is it?
Place Hold
eVideo
 Show Edition
Available Online
Check Out Hoopla

Subjects

LC Subjects
Drama.
Dystopian films.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Interplanetary voyages -- Drama.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War and society -- Drama.
War drama.
Wells, H. G. -- (Herbert George), -- 1866-1946 -- Film adaptations.

More Details

Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013].
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([22] pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
English
ISBN
9781604657340, 1604657340
UPC
715515106917

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
General Note
Special features: New high-definition 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.
Creation/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.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
A hundred-year journey beginning with the start of a war that leaves the world living in underground cities, and ends in 2036 A.D. when a man and a woman are rocketed to the moon.
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
Blu-ray; region A; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; high-definition; mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles.
Local note
BLU-RAY

Published Reviews

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Menzies, W. C., Korda, A., Massey, R., Chapman, E., Richardson, R., Scott, M., Hardwicke, C., Braddell, M., Stewart, S., De Marney, D., Todd, A., Argyle, P., Villiers, K., Brandt, I., McLaren, A., Hilliard, P., Carson, C., Korda, V., Périnal, G., Bliss, A., Mathieson, M., Armstrong, J., Hubert, R., Mann, C., Crichton, C., Lyon, F. D., Kalat, D., Frayling, C., Eder, B., Moholy-Nagy, L., O'Brien, G., & Wells, H. G. 1. (2013). H.G. Wells' things to come (Blu-ray special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

William Cameron Menzies et al.. 2013. H.G. Wells' Things to Come. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

William Cameron Menzies et al.. H.G. Wells' Things to Come Criterion Collection, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Menzies, William Cameron, et al. H.G. Wells' Things to Come Blu-ray special edition., Criterion Collection, 2013.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.