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H.G. Wells' things to come
Things to come (Motion picture)
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- Summary
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"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."
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- Creator
- a London Film production ; produced by Alexander Korda ; directed by William Cameron Menzies
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Menzies, William Cameron, 1896-1957, film director
- Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956, film producer
- Massey, Raymond, actor
- Chapman, Edward, 1901-1977, actor
- Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983, actor
- Scott, Margaretta, actor
- Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964, actor
- Braddell, Maurice, actor
- Stewart, Sophie, 1909-1977, actor
- De Marney, Derrick, 1906-1978, actor
- Todd, Ann, 1909-1993, actor
- Argyle, Pearl, 1910-1947, actor
- Villiers, Kenneth, 1912-1992, actor
- Brandt, Ivan, 1903-1972, actor
- McLaren, Anne, actor
- Hilliard, Patricia, 1916-2001, actor
- Carson, Charles, 1885-1977, actor
- Frayling, Christopher, interviewee (expression)
- Kalat, David, 1970- commentor (expression)
- Périnal, Georges, 1897-1965, director of photography
- Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975, composer (expression)
- Mathieson, Muir. composer (expression)
- Crichton, Charles, 1910-1999, editor of moving image work
- Lyon, Francis D., 1905-1996, editor of moving image work
- Eder, Bruce, interviewee (expression)
- Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946, artist
- O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948- author
- Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Shape of things to come
- Janus Films
- ITV Studios
- London Film Productions
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Publication
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- DVD special edition
- [Britain] : London Film Production, [1936]
- [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : United Artists, [1936]
- [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
- ©1936
- ©2013
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([22] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
- digital optical mono Dolby Digital
- NTSC
- video file DVD Video region 1
- ISBNs
- 9781604657357, 1604657359
- OCLC
- ocn839558353
- Credits
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- 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
- 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
- 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.
- DVD; NTSC; region 1; PCM mono.
- English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles.