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The getting of wisdom

The getting of wisdom

DVD 2012

The suffocating repressiveness of the Victorian era is superbly realized by director Bruce Beresford in The Getting of Wisdom. Thirteen-year-old Laura (Susannah Fowle), an incorrigible free spirit from the Australian outback, is enrolled in a prestigious girl's boarding school. The indoctrination process is a rough one, and Laura very nearly loses her individuality and sense of self-worth. When she does mature, however, it is on her terms, and no...

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Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Notes:
From the novel by Henry Handel Richardson
Videodisc release of the 1977 motion picture produced in Australia
Cinematography, Donald McAlpine ; edited by William Anderson
Julia Blake, Dorothy Bradley, Kay Eklund, Max Fairchild, Jan Friedl, Diana Greentree, Maggie Kirkpatrick
For private home use only
Control Number:
862422
UPC:
738329077624
Other Authors:
Beresford, Bruce
Blake, Julia, 1936-
Bradley, Dorothy
Eklund, Kay
Fairchild, Max
Friedl, Jan
Greentree, Diana
Kino Lorber, Inc
Kirkpatrick, Maggie
Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946. Getting of wisdom. DVD
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