Kind Hearts And Coronets (Blu-ray, 2011)

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THE ITEM IN THE PHOTOS IS WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE. Interview with the cinematographer Douglas Slocombe. Stills gallery. Restoration featurette. Alternate ending.

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Alec Guinness plays eight different roles in this film about a young man determined to attain a dukedom. In his efforts he must murder his relatives, one by one.

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ProducerMichael Balcon
EAN5055201811066
eBay Product ID (ePID)102245918

Product Key Features

ActorAlec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Arthur Lowe, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Miles Malleson
Film/TV TitleKind Hearts and Coronets
DirectorRobert Hamer
LanguageEnglish
Run Time106 Mins
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2011
FeaturesBlack & White, Digitally remastered.\Audio Commentary with Peter Bradshaw, Terence Davies & Matthew Guinness. \John Landis Introduction. \Dennis Price: Those British Faces. \BBC Radio 3 The Essay - British Cinema of the 1940s: Kind Hearts and Coronets (Audio Featurette). \Alternative American Ending. \Restoration Comparison. \Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery. \Excerpt from BECTU History Project interview with Douglas Slocombe. \Trailer.
FranchiseEaling
GenreGeneral, Comedy

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Number of Discs1
CertificateU
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
ReviewsEmpire - ...Audaciously elegant black comedy...
Additional InformationAn Ealing Studio classic, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS is considered th emost perfect of the Golden-Age Ealing comedies. A deft and dark Edwardian comedy with Alec Guinness in superb form as he plays eight different members of the D'Ascoyne clan. In order to inherit the entire D'Ascoyne fortune, the suave, dashing black sheep of the wealthy family, Louis (Dennis Price) must murder all the other heirs. Watch as the brilliant Guinness disappears into his various eccentric roles.
ScreenwriterRobert Hamer, John Dighton
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleKind Hearts And Coronets
Consumer AdviceContains mild violence

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  • Wonderfully wicked, dark humour. Don't hesitate!

    The jewej in the crown of the Ealing comedies! Wickedly dark, and very funny, with excellent performances all round. The Blu-ray transfer is pin-sharp. .

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  • simply great fun to watch

    10/10

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  • All good. Many thanks.

    All good. Many thanks.

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