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ECLIPSE SERIES 20:
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW ON FILM
complete 3-disc boxset
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/696-eclipse-series-20-george-bernard-shaw-on-film
http://www.amazon.com/Eclipse-Cleopatra-Androcles-Criterion-Collection/dp/B002Y06VI4/
http://www.dvdtown.com/review/george-bernard-shaw-on-film-eclipse-series-20/dvd/7843
http://www.dvdfile.com/reviews/dvdreviews/81018-eclipse-series-20-george-bernard-shaw-on-film-dvd-review
http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displayreview.php?ID=2096
DVD Release Date: February 23, 2010
DVD Studio: Criterion
ABOUT THE BOXSET:
CONTENTS:
3 feature films (each on separate disc):
Major Barbara (Gabriel Pascal, 1941, 121 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/9904-major-barbara
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033868/
Caesar and Cleopatra (Gabriel Pascal, 1945, 128 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/11334-caesar-and-cleopatra
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/
Androcles and the Lion (Chester Erskine, 1952, 98 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/6225-androcles-and-the-lion
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044355/
Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 7.47 + 7.42 + 4.11 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Time (total): 347 minutes
Type: Black and White | Color (Caesar and Cleopatra)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound (main features): English
Subtitles: optional English
DISC DETAILS
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DISC ONE
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MAJOR BARBARA
http://www.criterion.com/films/9904-major-barbara
1941, 121 min.
Filmed in London in 1941, during the Blitz, Major Barbara emerged from a troubled production to become a major success for George Bernard Shaw and producer-director Gabriel Pascal. Pygmalion's Wendy Hiller returns, this time as one of Shaw's most memorable and controversial characters, Barbara Undershaft, a Salvation Army officer who speaks out against the hypocrisy she believes exists in her Christian charity organization. Rex Harrison, Robert Newton, and Deborah Kerr costar in this merrily satirical morality play.
Black and White
1.33:1
English
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DISC TWO
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CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
http://www.criterion.com/films/11334-caesar-and-cleopatra
1945, 128 min.
Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains pop off the screen in vivid Technicolor in Gabriel Pascal's version of Shaw's 1901 play about love and politics in ancient Rome and Egypt. At the time the most expensive British film ever produced (complete with real imported Egyptian sand), Caesar and Cleopatra is a lavish epic, featuring standout performances by its two stars.
Color
1.33:1
English
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DISC THREE
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ANDROCLES AND THE LION
http://www.criterion.com/films/6225-androcles-and-the-lion
1952, 98 min.
George Bernard Shaw's breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable -- about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act -- was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. And Pascal's final Shaw production plays it broadly, casting comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naif. He's ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Black and White
1.33:1
English
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