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Black & White - B & W Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Rare LaserDisc Drama

Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Rare LaserDisc Drama

Defined British "Angry Young Man" Style of 1950s...

Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Rare LaserDisc Drama

Defined British "Angry Young Man" Style of 1950s...

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Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Rare LaserDisc Drama

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Tom Courtenay and Michael Redgrave in...

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

( Catalog Number 11755 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 - 110 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
One of the key "angry young man" films which helped define the British "Kitchen Sink Drama" style of the late 1950's and early 60's, this story centers on Colin Smith (Tom Courteney), a bitter young man from a working-class family. Uninterested in school and determined not to follow his father into factory work, Colin and his friend Mike (James Bolam) make their pocket money through petty crime, until they're arrested after the robbery of a baker's shop and sentenced to Borstal (British reform school). The Governor of the school (Michael Redgrave) takes a keen interest in Colin, but he cares less for his rehabilitation than his gifts as a broken-field runner; Colin finds himself torn between the need to please his captors and his determination not to play along with what he sees as a corrupt system. The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner was the first film for Tom Courteney, whose performance earned him the "Most Promising Newcomer" prize at the 1962 British Film Academy awards. --- Mark Deming

Bearing all the hallmarks of the British New Wave (and owing a sizable debt to the French New Wave), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner captured the bitterness and resentment that characterized the "angry young man" in the British post-war landscape. Relentlessly grim and uncompromising in its condemnation of the ruling class, the film and its hero are at times hard to take. But if the film is threatened by self-righteous tendencies, it is ultimately redeemed by genuine rage and defiance. When Colin throws the Borstal's race against the public school boys, he aims a well-placed slap to the face of the establishment, and it resounds with stinging accuracy. Making his striking screen debut as Colin, Tom Courtenay became another of the rising number of film actors whose unconventional features did not conform to the glamorous standards of pre-war cinema; rough and surly, his face was perfect for communicating the barren hopelessness intrinsic to New Wave portrayals of the oppressed working class. Rather than simmer with pre-meditated rage, he just doesn't care, and his rebellion, when it comes, seems wrought more out of a sneer than a shout. The silent, unforced anger of Colin's actions is disquieting, capturing the all-encompassing disgust that marked a new generation of young men who, after looking back in anger, faced the future with nihilistic abandon. --- Rebecca Flint

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Cast for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Tom Courtenay - Colin Smith
Michael Redgrave - Governor
James Bolam - Mike
Avis Bunnage - Mrs. Smith
James Cairncross - Jones
Alec McCowen - Brown
Joe Robinson - Roach
Julia Foster - Gladys
Topsy Jane - Audrey
John Bull - Ronalds
Philip Martin - Stacey
Frank Finlay - Booking Office Clerk
Peter Duguid - Doctor
Robert Percival - Tory Politician
Anthony Sagar - Fenton
Dervis Ward - Detective
Christopher Parker - Bill Smith
John Thaw - Bosworth
Christopher Williams - Public School Boy
John Brooking - Green
James Fox
Raymond Austin - Craig
Arthur Mullard - Chief Officer
Peter Madden - Mr. Smith
William Fox
Peter Kriss - Scott
Brian Hammond - Johnny Smith

Crew for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Tony Richardson - Director / Producer
Alan Sillitoe - Book Author / Screenwriter
Walter Lassally - Cinematographer
John Addison - Composer (Music Score)
Antony Gibbs - Editor
Ralph W. Brinton - Production Designer
Ted Marshall - Art Director
Josie MacAvin - Set Designer
Sophia Harris - Costume Designer
Jimmy Evans - Makeup

Awards for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Most Promising Newcomer (win) Courtney, Tom 1962 British Academy Awards

Feature Details

Title: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Feature Release Date: 1962
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 110 Minutes
Chapters: 16
Picture: Pan & Scan
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 18 Nov 1992
Catalog Number: 11755
UPC: 085391175568
Manufacturer: WEA USA
Publisher: Warner Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 11755
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with several corner folds and edge-wear

Tom Courtenay and Michael Redgrave in...

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

( Catalog Number 11755 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 - 110 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
One of the key "angry young man" films which helped define the British "Kitchen Sink Drama" style of the late 1950's and early 60's, this story centers on Colin Smith (Tom Courteney), a bitter young man from a working-class family. Uninterested in school and determined not to follow his father into factory work, Colin and his friend Mike (James Bolam) make their pocket money through petty crime, until they're arrested after the robbery of a baker's shop and sentenced to Borstal (British reform school). The Governor of the school (Michael Redgrave) takes a keen interest in Colin, but he cares less for his rehabilitation than his gifts as a broken-field runner; Colin finds himself torn between the need to please his captors and his determination not to play along with what he sees as a corrupt system. The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner was the first film for Tom Courteney, whose performance earned him the "Most Promising Newcomer" prize at the 1962 British Film Academy awards. --- Mark Deming

Bearing all the hallmarks of the British New Wave (and owing a sizable debt to the French New Wave), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner captured the bitterness and resentment that characterized the "angry young man" in the British post-war landscape. Relentlessly grim and uncompromising in its condemnation of the ruling class, the film and its hero are at times hard to take. But if the film is threatened by self-righteous tendencies, it is ultimately redeemed by genuine rage and defiance. When Colin throws the Borstal's race against the public school boys, he aims a well-placed slap to the face of the establishment, and it resounds with stinging accuracy. Making his striking screen debut as Colin, Tom Courtenay became another of the rising number of film actors whose unconventional features did not conform to the glamorous standards of pre-war cinema; rough and surly, his face was perfect for communicating the barren hopelessness intrinsic to New Wave portrayals of the oppressed working class. Rather than simmer with pre-meditated rage, he just doesn't care, and his rebellion, when it comes, seems wrought more out of a sneer than a shout. The silent, unforced anger of Colin's actions is disquieting, capturing the all-encompassing disgust that marked a new generation of young men who, after looking back in anger, faced the future with nihilistic abandon. --- Rebecca Flint

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Cast for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Tom Courtenay - Colin Smith
Michael Redgrave - Governor
James Bolam - Mike
Avis Bunnage - Mrs. Smith
James Cairncross - Jones
Alec McCowen - Brown
Joe Robinson - Roach
Julia Foster - Gladys
Topsy Jane - Audrey
John Bull - Ronalds
Philip Martin - Stacey
Frank Finlay - Booking Office Clerk
Peter Duguid - Doctor
Robert Percival - Tory Politician
Anthony Sagar - Fenton
Dervis Ward - Detective
Christopher Parker - Bill Smith
John Thaw - Bosworth
Christopher Williams - Public School Boy
John Brooking - Green
James Fox
Raymond Austin - Craig
Arthur Mullard - Chief Officer
Peter Madden - Mr. Smith
William Fox
Peter Kriss - Scott
Brian Hammond - Johnny Smith

Crew for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Tony Richardson - Director / Producer
Alan Sillitoe - Book Author / Screenwriter
Walter Lassally - Cinematographer
John Addison - Composer (Music Score)
Antony Gibbs - Editor
Ralph W. Brinton - Production Designer
Ted Marshall - Art Director
Josie MacAvin - Set Designer
Sophia Harris - Costume Designer
Jimmy Evans - Makeup

Awards for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Most Promising Newcomer (win) Courtney, Tom 1962 British Academy Awards

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