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2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #391
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"Special edition double-disc set"--Container
Disc 1: The film (112 min.) -- Disc 2: The supplements
In late 1960s England, Mick Travis and his school chums trump authority at every turn at their boarding school. He finally emerges as violent savior against the draconian games of one-upmanship played by both students and the powers that be
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968 [1969 on container]
Special features: Disc 1: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director of photography Miroslav Ondříček and assistant editor Ian Rakoff; audio commentary featuring film critic and historian David Robinson and actor Malcolm McDowell ; Disc 2: A 2003 episode from the Scottish TV series "Cast and crew," featuring McDowell, Ondříček, Rakoff, director's assistant Stephen Frears, producer Michael Medwin, and screenwriter David Sherwin; new video interview with actor Graham Crowden; "Thursday's children" (1954), an Academy Award-winning documentary about a school for deaf children, directed by Anderson and Guy Brenton and narrated by Richard Burton ; plus, a booklet featuring pieces by critic David Ehrenstein, screenwriter David Sherwin, and director Lindsay Anderson
Director of photography, Miroslav Ondříček ; editor, David Gladwell ; music composer and conductor, Marc Wilkinson
Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Robert Swann, Christine Noonan, Peter Jeffrey, Arthur Lowe
MPAA rating: R
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing