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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

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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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Region 1
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1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Dolby Digital Mono - Italian
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Bruce Eder - Film Historian
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
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