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Criterion LaserDiscs The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Criterion #37 LaserDisc Drama

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Criterion #37 LaserDisc Drama

Controversial Movie Criticizing British Army in WWII

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Criterion #37 LaserDisc Drama

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Criterion #37 LaserDisc Drama

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1137L )
(1.33:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 - 163 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's drama criticizing a British Army out of touch with the new realities of World War II was controversial when released, with the British government denying its cooperation to the filmmakers and with Powell and Pressberger accused in some quarters of being pro-German. The story follows two British soldiers through forty years of warfare. The framing story follows a Home Guard exercise in which Spud Wilson (James Mckechnie) captures Clive Wynne Candy (Roger Livesey) in a Turkish bath, six hours before the exercise is supposed to begin. Candy insists that Wilson is not playing by the rules, but Wilson argues that rules should not be followed in modern warfare. As Candy dresses down Wilson, his tale is told is flashback. In 1902, during the Boer war, Candy travels to Berlin where he confronts a German propagandist, Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff (Anton Walbrook) and challenges him to a duel. As they recuperate from the wounds incurred in the duel, the two become friends. Candy's traveling companion, Edith Hunter (Deborah Kerr) then tells him that she and Theo plan to marry. It is only then that Candy realizes he's in love with Edith. During World War I, Candy adheres to the gentlemanly fighting that he carried on during his Boer War campaigns and he marries Barbara (Deborah Kerr), a nurse who bears a strong resemblance to Edith. Candy then discovers Theo is a prisoner-of-war in England. Gradually the two friends renew their acquaintance. At the start of World War II, Theo is back in England as a German refugee, escaping from the Nazis. He meets Candy, who is now widowed and pensioned out of the War Office because of his old-fashioned ideas of warfare. Theo convinces Candy to join the Home Guard, but after Candy ruins the exercise, he sadly feels that he has nothing more to offer his country. But Theo tells him that new ideas of warfare are required for this new war and Candy, as a pristine example of British soldiery, still has much to offer in the life or death fight against the Nazis. --- Paul Brenner

By today's standards, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life And Death of Colonel Blimp seems a brilliantly written and executed character study with period overtones "the British Citizen Kane," as one critic described it in recent years. But the 163-minute movie was one of the most controversial productions in England during the war, and the disputes over its content and distribution overshadowed the film's virtues for nearly 40 years. Powell and Pressburger, also known as "The Archers," had already courted controversy in 1941 with their propaganda movie 49th Parallel. Blimp seemed as if it was designed to engender displeasure from the government: Anton Walbrook, who was the leader of the anti-Nazi Germans in 49th Parallel, plays an even more sympathetic expatriate German in this movie; the title character, who represents the epitome of the British officer class of the First World War, is depicted as a well-meaning but doddering old buffoon, incapable of dealing with the Nazi threat; and the hero, Clive Candy (brilliantly played by Roger Livesey), makes his name on a civilian escapade during the Boer War, just as Prime Minister Winston Churchill had. The movie seemed certain to attract official censure, and it did. Powell and Pressburger were denied the use of military equipment or personnel while Blimp was in production, and the government voiced its further strenuous objections to the parties financing the movie. Once it was completed and released, the film was denied an export license to the United States until almost two years after the war, by which time it had been shorn of nearly an hour of material. It t

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Cast for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Roger Livesey - Clive Candy
Deborah Kerr - Johnny Cannon
Deborah Kerr - Barbara Wynne
Deborah Kerr - Edith Hunter
Anton Walbrook - Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Roland Culver - Col. Betteridge
Spencer Trevor - Period Blimp
Albert Lieven - Von Ritter
James McKechnie - Spud Wilson
Ursula Jeans - Frau von Kalteneck
Phyllis Morris - Pebble
John Laurie - Murdoch
Arthur Wontner - Embassy Counsellor
Count Zichy - Col. Borg
Carl Jaffe - Van Reumann
Eric Maturin - Col. Goodhead
Corp. Thomas Palmer - Sergeant
Wally Patch - Sergeant clearing debris
Norman Pierce - Mr. Wynne
Captain W. Barrett - The Texan
Felix Aylmer - Bishop
Jane Millican - Nurse Erna
Muriel Aked - Lady Margaret
David Ward - Kaunitz
Yvonne Andre - Nun
Harry Welchman - Maj. Davis
Joan Swinstead - Secretary
Reginald Tate - Van Zijl
John Varley
Dennis Arundell - Cafe Orchestra Leader
Vincent Holman - Club Porter, 1942
Helen Debray - Mrs. Wynne
Valentine Dyall - von Schonbron
James Knight - Club Porter, 1902
Edward Cooper - BBC Official
David Hutcheson - Hoppy
Marjorie Gresley - Matron
Robert Harris - Embassy Secretary
Ferdy [Ferdinand] Mayne - Prussian Student
Diane Marshall - Sybil
Neville Mapp - Stuffy Graves
A.E. Matthews - President of Tribunal
Frith Branbury - Babyface Fitzroy
John Boxer - Soldier
Patrick Macnee
Jan van Loewen - Indignant Citizen

Crew for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Michael Powell - Director / Producer / Screenwriter
Emeric Pressburger - Director / Producer / Screenwriter
Georges Prinal - Cinematographer
Allan Gray - Composer (Music Score)
John Seabourne - Editor
Alfred Junge - Production Designer
Joseph Bato - Costume Designer
George Blackler - Makeup
Dorrie Hamilton - Makeup
W. Percy Day - Special Effects
Tom Payne - First Assistant Director
Lt.Gen. Sir Douglas Browning - Consultant/advisor
Jack Cardiff - Camera Operator
Geoffrey Unsworth - Camera Operator
Desmond Dew - Sound/Sound Designer
C.C. Stevens - Sound/Sound Designer
Sydney Streeter - Production Manager

Awards for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Best Actor Livesy, Roger 1945 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction Emeric Pressburger 1945 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction Michael Powell 1945 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film Emeric Pressburger 1945 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film Michael Powell 1945 New York Film Critics Circle

Feature Details

Title: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Feature Release Date: 1943
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 163 Minutes
Chapters: 30
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: CC1137L
UPC: Does not apply
ISBN: 0-931393-76-0
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1137L
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Rare LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket with some edge-wear and shelf wear

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's in...

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1137L )
(1.33:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Audio Commentary by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese
See the History of Criterion LaserDiscs at DaDon's...
LaserDisc

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 - 163 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's drama criticizing a British Army out of touch with the new realities of World War II was controversial when released, with the British government denying its cooperation to the filmmakers and with Powell and Pressberger accused in some quarters of being pro-German. The story follows two British soldiers through forty years of warfare. The framing story follows a Home Guard exercise in which Spud Wilson (James Mckechnie) captures Clive Wynne Candy (Roger Livesey) in a Turkish bath, six hours before the exercise is supposed to begin. Candy insists that Wilson is not playing by the rules, but Wilson argues that rules should not be followed in modern warfare. As Candy dresses down Wilson, his tale is told is flashback. In 1902, during the Boer war, Candy travels to Berlin where he confronts a German propagandist, Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff (Anton Walbrook) and challenges him to a duel. As they recuperate from the wounds incurred in the duel, the two become friends. Candy's traveling companion, Edith Hunter (Deborah Kerr) then tells him that she and Theo plan to marry. It is only then that Candy realizes he's in love with Edith. During World War I, Candy adheres to the gentlemanly fighting that he carried on during his Boer War campaigns and he marries Barbara (Deborah Kerr), a nurse who bears a strong resemblance to Edith. Candy then discovers Theo is a prisoner-of-war in England. Gradually the two friends renew their acquaintance. At the start of World War II, Theo is back in England as a German refugee, escaping from the Nazis. He meets Candy, who is now widowed and pensioned out of the War Office because of his old-fashioned ideas of warfare. Theo convinces Candy to join the Home Guard, but after Candy ruins the exercise, he sadly feels that he has nothing more to offer his country. But Theo tells him that new ideas of warfare are required for this new war and Candy, as a pristine example of British soldiery, still has much to offer in the life or death fight against the Nazis. --- Paul Brenner

By today's standards, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life And Death of Colonel Blimp seems a brilliantly written and executed character study with period overtones "the British Citizen Kane," as one critic described it in recent years. But the 163-minute movie was one of the most controversial productions in England during the war, and the disputes over its content and distribution overshadowed the film's virtues for nearly 40 years. Powell and Pressburger, also known as "The Archers," had already courted controversy in 1941 with their propaganda movie 49th Parallel. Blimp seemed as if it was designed to engender displeasure from the government: Anton Walbrook, who was the leader of the anti-Nazi Germans in 49th Parallel, plays an even more sympathetic expatriate German in this movie; the title character, who represents the epitome of the British officer class of the First World War, is depicted as a well-meaning but doddering old buffoon, incapable of dealing with the Nazi threat; and the hero, Clive Candy (brilliantly played by Roger Livesey), makes his name on a civilian escapade during the Boer War, just as Prime Minister Winston Churchill had. The movie seemed certain to attract official censure, and it did. Powell and Pressburger were denied the use of military equipment or personnel while Blimp was in production, and the government voiced its further strenuous objections to the parties financing the movie. Once it was completed and released, the film was denied an export license to the United States until almost two years after the war, by which time it had been shorn of nearly an hour of material. It t

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Cast for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Roger Livesey - Clive Candy
Deborah Kerr - Johnny Cannon
Deborah Kerr - Barbara Wynne
Deborah Kerr - Edith Hunter
Anton Walbrook - Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Roland Culver - Col. Betteridge
Spencer Trevor - Period Blimp
Albert Lieven - Von Ritter
James McKechnie - Spud Wilson
Ursula Jeans - Frau von Kalteneck
Phyllis Morris - Pebble
John Laurie - Murdoch
Arthur Wontner - Embassy Counsellor
Count Zichy - Col. Borg
Carl Jaffe - Van Reumann
Eric Maturin - Col. Goodhead
Corp. Thomas Palmer - Sergeant
Wally Patch - Sergeant clearing debris
Norman Pierce - Mr. Wynne
Captain W. Barrett - The Texan
Felix Aylmer - Bishop
Jane Millican - Nurse Erna
Muriel Aked - Lady Margaret
David Ward - Kaunitz
Yvonne Andre - Nun
Harry Welchman - Maj. Davis
Joan Swinstead - Secretary
Reginald Tate - Van Zijl
John Varley
Dennis Arundell - Cafe Orchestra Leader
Vincent Holman - Club Porter, 1942
Helen Debray - Mrs. Wynne
Valentine Dyall - von Schonbron
James Knight - Club Porter, 1902
Edward Cooper - BBC Official
David Hutcheson - Hoppy
Marjorie Gresley - Matron
Robert Harris - Embassy Secretary
Ferdy [Ferdinand] Mayne - Prussian Student
Diane Marshall - Sybil
Neville Mapp - Stuffy Graves
A.E. Matthews - President of Tribunal
Frith Branbury - Babyface Fitzroy
John Boxer - Soldier
Patrick Macnee
Jan van Loewen - Indignant Citizen

Crew for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Michael Powell - Director / Producer / Screenwriter
Emeric Pressburger - Director / Producer / Screenwriter
Georges Prinal - Cinematographer
Allan Gray - Composer (Music Score)
John Seabourne - Editor
Alfred Junge - Production Designer
Joseph Bato - Costume Designer
George Blackler - Makeup
Dorrie Hamilton - Makeup
W. Percy Day - Special Effects
Tom Payne - First Assistant Director
Lt.Gen. Sir Douglas Browning - Consultant/advisor
Jack Cardiff - Camera Operator
Geoffrey Unsworth - Camera Operator
Desmond Dew - Sound/Sound Designer
C.C. Stevens - Sound/Sound Designer
Sydney Streeter - Production Manager

Awards for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Best Actor Livesy, Roger 1945 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction Emeric Pressburger 1945 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction Michael Powell 1945 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film Emeric Pressburger 1945 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film Michael Powell 1945 New York Film Critics Circle

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