Black narcissus

DVD 2000

A young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan mountains. Sister Clodagh is a serious young novitiate assigned to lead a crucial mission, with the reluctant recommendation of her Mother Superior. Together with a disparate group of nuns, Sister Clodagh will face strange peoples and customs, a harsh and unforgiving climate and a wrenching struggle with her own past that will prove the ultimate test of her devotion and...

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English India Drama

Himalaya Mountains Drama

Nuns India Drama

Nuns Sexual behavior Drama

Servites India Drama

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 93

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ISBN:

9781604653076

Uniform Title:

Black narcissus (Motion picture)

Description:

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
polychrome
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
OFRB rating: PG

Notes:

Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden
Home use only. Public performance rights NOT included
Originally produced as motion picture in 1947
Special features: new digital transfer ; audio commentary with director Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese ; documentary on cinematographer Jack Cardiff ; production stills ; original trailer
Photographer, Jack Cardiff ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music, Brian Easdale
Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, Kathleen Byron
DVD ; full screen presentation (1.33:1) ; Dolby digital mono ; region 1
Closed-captioned
Academy Awards, 1947: Best cinematography ; best art direction-set decoration (color)
BFI Top 100 List, no. 44
Golden Globe Awards, 1947: Best cinematography

Control Number:

3143593

UPC:

037429152126
715515061117

Other Authors:

Archers (Firm)
Byron, Kathleen, 1921-2009
Cardiff, Jack
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Easdale, Brian, 1909-1995
Farrar, David, 1908-1995
Godden, Rumer, 1907-1998. Black narcissus
Independent Producers, Ltd
Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007
Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987
Mills, Reginald
Powell, Michael, 1905-1990
Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988
Robson, Flora, 1902-1984
Sabu, 1924-1963
Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010

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