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SCREEN LEGENDS: ORSON WELLES
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| Starring: |
Anthony Ainley,
Terence Alexander,
William Alland,
Glenn Anders,
Colin Blakely,
Fortunio Bonanova,
David Collings,
Ray Collins,
Dorothy Comingore,
Ted de Corsia,
Joseph Cotten,
George Coulouris,
Nigel Davenport,
Rupert Davies,
Donal Donnelly,
Evelyn Ellis,
Carl Frank,
Gianni Garko,
Ivo Garrani,
Jack Gwillim,
Jack Hawkins,
Rita Hayworth,
Wendy Hiller,
John Hurt,
Alan Ladd,
Cyril Luckham,
Virginia McKenna,
Leo McKern,
Lou Merrill,
Agnes Moorehead,
Arthur O'Connell,
Dan O'Herlihy,
Ian Ogilvy,
Christopher Plummer,
Corin Redgrave,
Vanessa Redgrave,
Erskine Sanford,
John Savident,
Gus Schilling,
Paul Scofield,
Harry Shannon,
Robert Shaw,
Everett Sloane,
Rod Steiger,
Paul Stewart,
Ruth Warwick,
Orson Welles,
Michael Wilding,
Susannah York,
Philip van Zandt
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DVD |
| List price:
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£0.00 |
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| Cat No: |
8242856 |
| EAN: |
5050582428568 |
| Distributor: |
UCA |
| Regions: |
2 (UK, Europe, Japan, South Africa and Middle East) |
| Rel. date: |
5 June, 2006 |
| Certificate: |
PG |
| Running Time: |
445 mins |
| Language: |
English |
| Description: |
Four films starring cinema legend Orson Welles. Widely seen as the greatest film of all time, 'Citizen Kane' (1941) was Welles' first film as writer, director and actor. In 1940, newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Welles) dies after uttering the word 'Rosebud'. An anonymous reporter (William Alland) is assigned the task of uncovering the meaning of Kane's dying word, and in the course of his enquiries he receives varying accounts of his life from former colleagues Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten) and Bernstein (Everett Sloan), and ex-wife Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore). 'A Man For All Seasons' (1966) is based on the life and death of Sir Thomas More. More (Paul Scofield) has to wrestle with his conscience when he is appointed High Chancellor to King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw). The King wishes More's support in his decision to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon, in favour of Anne Boleyn. When More refuses and resigns from his office, he falls foul of a plot by Thomas Cromwell (Leo McKern) to remove him permanently. Welles stars as Henry VIII's advisor Cardinal Wolsey. 'Waterloo' (1970) is an epic account of the momentous battle, fought after Napoleon (Rod Steiger) returns from exile and forces King Louis XVIII (Welles) to flee. Only the Duke of Wellington's (Christopher Plummer) army can stop him. Finally, in 'The Lady From Shanghai' (1948), Welles directs, produces, writes and stars in this maritime film noir. When unemployed Irishman Michael O'Hara (Welles) saves Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) from some thugs, she obtains him a position on her invalid lawyer husband Arthur's (Everett Sloane) yacht, as a deckhand. It soon becomes clear that Elsa now has designs on O'Hara, and also wants her husband out of the way. O'Hara, although resisting Elsa's advances, finds himself becoming embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder. The famous hall of mirrors sequence is considered to be one of the greatest scenes in film history. |
| Features: |
Interactive Menus |
| Directors: |
Sergei Bondarchuk,
Fred Zinnemann
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| Genre: |
Feature
Modern Classic
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4 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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