| | Brief Encounter DVD
| Category | Criterion Collection DVDs, Dramas Movies, Romance Videos, Recommended, Classic, British, Vintage, Love, Love Story, Love Affairs, Tragedy, Character Study, Infidelity, Tear Jerker, Trains, Affairs, Doomed Lovers, Railway Travel | | Starring | Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway, Everley Gregg, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond | | Director | David Lean | | Art Director | L. P. Williams | | Director of Photography | Robert Krasker | | Editor | Jack Harris | | Producer | Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Noel Coward | | Source Writer | Noel Coward |
86 minute feature film DVD starring Trevor Howard. Though he might be best remembered for sweeping epics such as DOCTOR ZHIVAGO and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, renowned British director David Lean began his film career with small-scale character studies based on the plays of Noel Coward. Lean's fourth film, BRIEF ENCOUNTER--which was also his fourth and final collaboration with Coward--adapts the playwright's heartbreaking tale of two ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary power of love. Laura (Celia Johnson) is a seemingly happy, middle-class housewife who meets the equally married physician Alec (a young Trevor Howard in only his third screen role) when he removes a speck of dust from her eye at a London railway station. The pair soon find themselves drawn together through weekly meetings at the station cafe, their casual encounters blooming into a chaste love affair marked by intimate conversation, longing glances--and the tragic realization that neither of them will be able to break the bonds of social propriety that keep them wedded to other people. Seen by some as quintessentially English, Lean's achingly lovely exploration of the conflicting demands of personal happiness and social responsibility remains nonetheless universal and timeless. Johnson and Howard's nuanced performances, Robert Krasker's shadowy cinematography, and a soundtrack of hauntingly romantic Rachmaninov piano concertos only add to the film's aura of quiet desperation. Filmed in England. The railway station used as a filming location still exists in Carnforth, Lancashire.
G.E. Calthrop was the art supervisor to Noel Coward.
Stanley Lambourne and Desmond Dew were the sound recordists and Harry Miller was the sound editor.
Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Director, Best Screenplay.
Brief Encounter Reviews: "...The most memorable treatment of extramarital romance in movie history..." -- Rating: A-
-- Steve Simels, Entertainment Weekly "...This 1946 romantic drama still packs an emotional punch. David Lean's direction is assured, the script is poignant, and the performances are superb..."
-- Jonathan Wright, Total Film "...[An] expert adaptation....[With] elegant cinematography..."
-- Danny Leigh, Sight and Sound 5 stars out of 5 -- "Lean's direction and Noel Coward's expertly crafted script are letter-perfect..."-- Helen O'Hara, Empire Brief Encounter | List Price | $39.95 (You save $8.80) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1946 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank | 13048  | | CD Universe Part number | 1235850 | | Catalog number | 140 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 27, 2000 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 86 Minutes | | Movie Details | B&W; Criterion Collection |
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Brief Encounter DVD Region 1 Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Dolby Digital Mono - Italian Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary: Bruce Eder - Film Historian Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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