Tunes of glory

DVD 2019

Jock Sinclair is a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. A lifetime military man, Sinclair expects respect and loyalty from his men. But when Basil Barrow, an educated, by-the-book scion of a military family, enters the scene as Sinclair's replacement, the two men engage in a fierce struggle for control of both the battalion and the hearts and minds of its men.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Competition (Psychology) Drama

Scotland Drama

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Drama Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Motion pictures, Great Britain Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 225 The Criterion collection The Criterion collection ; 225

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ISBN:

9781681436692

Edition:

DVD special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
4 3/4 in
stamping
4 3/4 in
digital
optical
mono
videodisc
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Notes:

Title and credits from screen
Based on the novel by James Kennaway
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960
Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio)
Restored in 2018 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Film Archive and others
Special edition features: interview from 2003 with director Ronald Neame ; audio interview from 2002 with actor John Mills ; television interview from 1973 with actor Alec Guiness ; trailer ; an essay by film scholar Robert Murphy
Director of photography, Arthur Ibbetson ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music, Malcolm Arnold ; production designer, Wilfred Shingleton
Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Susannah York, Gordon Jackson, Duncan Macrae, Percy Herbert
DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen (1.66:1); monaural
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
In English

LCCN:

be2019029247

Control Number:

3015258

UPC:

715515239011

Other Authors:

Arnold, Malcolm, composer (expression)
Coates, Anne V., editor of moving image work
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Fraser, John, 1931-2020, actor
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000, actor
Herbert, Percy, 1920-1992, actor
Ibbetson, Arthur, director of photography
Jackson, Gordon, 1923-1990, actor
Kennaway, James, 1928-1968, screenwriter
Knightsbridge Films Limited, production company
Lesslie, Colin, 1910-1974, film producer
Macrae, Duncan, 1905-1967, actor
Mills, John, 1908-2005, actor
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Kennaway, James, 1928-1968. Tunes of glory
Neame, Ronald, film director
Price, Dennis, 1915-1973, actor
Shingleton, Wilfrid, production designer
United Artists Corporation, presenter
Walsh, Kay, actor
York, Susannah, actor

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