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THE FILMS OF MICHAEL POWELL
complete 2-disc 'Collector's Choice' edition

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CONTENTS:
2 feature films:

A Matter of Life and Death AKA Stairway to Heaven (1946, 104 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0038733/

Age of Consent (1969, 106 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0063991/

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DVD Release Date: January 6, 2009

DVD Studio: Sony Pictures


ABOUT THE BOXSET:
Michael Powell is a filmmaker who, by all rights, should be as much of an established figure in the minds of cinema buffs as other famous English directors like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, and Carol Reed. And yet, for years Powell's film work remained essentially locked away in the past, remembered chiefly by critics while occasionally receiving limited exposure on black-and-white TV.

In the 1970s, a group of young American filmmakers and critics, including Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, discovered a common affection for Powell and Pressburger's films, which they had seen as children, and their promotion of the pair's work (from Scorsese in particular) revived interest in The Archers in the film world. Sony recently contributed by bringing one of Powell and Pressburger's most sought-after films to Region 1 DVD for the first time, along with one of Powell's individual efforts, in a two-film collection that is cause for rejoicing for classic film lovers.



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DISC ONE
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A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (aka Stairway to Heaven)

imdb.com/title/tt0051622/
User Rating:   8.0/10   5,945 votes


Description
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The tale of British pilot Peter Carter (David Niven, Death on the Nile), who is shot down during the final days of World War II. Miraculously he survives and falls in love with an American radio officer (Kim Hunter, Planet of the Apes), but it turns out his survival was not to be and Heaven tells him he needs to come up topside. Peter must prove he deserves to live in a celestial trial.


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 3.54 Gb - Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 104 minutes

Type: Color | Black and White (parts)

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1

Sound (main feature): English DD2.0 Mono

Subtitles: optional English | French


Bonus Features:

# Director Martin Scorsese on A Matter Of Life and Death.
# Commentary by Historian Ian Christie.



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DISC TWO
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AGE OF CONSENT

imdb.com/title/tt0063991/
User Rating:   6.5/10   669 votes


Description
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Bradley Morahan (James Mason, A Star is Born) is an Australian artist who gets sick of all the art shows and art dealers and simpleminded art patrons in New York city. He returns to Australia and an isolated island to get away from it all. While there, he meets Cora (Helen Mirren, The Queen), your typical free-spirited young woman who dreams of bigger things than serving her alcoholic, abusive grandmother. Cora begins to rekindle Morahan's love of life.


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 4.23 Gb - Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 106 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Sound (main feature): English DD2.0 Mono

Subtitles: optional English | French


Bonus Features:

# Commentary with historian Kent Jones.
# Making of Age of Content.
# Helen Mirren: A Conversation With Cora.
# Down Under with Ron and Valerie Taylor.



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