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A Passage To India
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox
Director: David Lean
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David Lean returned to filmmaking after a 14-year absence to direct this award-winning adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel. Adela Quested (Judy Davis), a young and spirited Englishwoman, travels to India alongside the somewhat older Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft). Mrs. Moore's hope is that her son, an ..read more »
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Doctor Zhivago
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Geraldine Chaplin, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
Director: David Lean
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PLEASE NOTE: THE FEATURE DISC MAY ARRIVE AS A DOUBLE-SIDED DISC OR AS TWO DISCS TOGETHER. PLEASE CHECK THE DISCS BEFORE RETURNING.
David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar ..read more »
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Lawrence Of Arabia
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn
Director: David Lean
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David Lean's masterpiece--perhaps the greatest of screen epics--stars Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience that leaves an overwhelming sense of the struggle between two powerful forces: the Arabian deserts, ..read more »
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The Bridge On The River Kwai
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins
Director: David Lean
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One of the all-time great war films, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI is yet another classic from the marvelous David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, DR. ZHIVAGO). The film is an outstanding, psychologically complex adaptation of Pierre Boulle's 1952 novel, a classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to ..read more »
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Hobson's Choice
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie
Director: David Lean
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A story of feminism in 19th Century Salford, Hobson's Choice deals with the empowering of female characters. Henry Hobson is a widower with a weakness for the pub and the owner of a successful bootmakers. In order to save his finances he denies his three daughters the right to marry. So in ..read more »
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Sound Barrier
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick
Director: David Lean
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Directed by David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI), THE SOUND BARRIER charts the life of a fighter pilot who marries into a wealthy family; a family that are developing technology in order to break the sound barrier.
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Madeleine
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Director: David Lean
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The David Lean Collection - 9 Disc Box Set showcases a brilliant selection of classic films by the director David Lean. Titles include: "Brief Encounter"; "Great Expectations"; "Oliver Twist"; "Madeleine"; "The Passionate Friends"; "The Sound Barrier"; "Hobson's Choice"; "This Happy Breed"; and "..read more »
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Oliver Twist
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Anthony Newley
Director: David Lean
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David Lean's prodigious adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic expands fervently on the theme of a lonely boy in a world of bullies. When the orphan hero, Oliver (John Howard Davies), escapes to London, the Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley) delivers him to the notorious Fagan (Alec Guinness), who ..read more »
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The Passionate Friends
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard
Director: David Lean
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An acclaimed drama based on the novel by H.G. Wells in which a young woman weds an older man for security and financial stability. A chance meeting with a former lover whose marriage proposal she once refused due to his social standing, rekindles the flames, leaving her torn between a life of ..read more »
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Great Expectations
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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David Lean directs this definitive version of the Charles Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In the gloom of a country graveyard, the young boy encounters an escaped convict, and a chance meeting years later ..read more »
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Great Expectations - BLU-RAY Version
(1946)
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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Lean's definitive version of the Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In nineteenth century London, in the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years ..read more »
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Blithe Spirit
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: Rex Harrison, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford
Director: David Lean
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Noel Coward's favourite play, Blithe Spirit, was certainly a departure for David Lean, best known at the time for adapting Dickens. While it's the director's only comedy, the result is a delightful gem. Rex Harrison is an acerbic author haunted by the ghost of first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond), who ..read more »
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Brief Encounter
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway
Director: David Lean
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David Lean adapts Noel Coward'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 (Trevor Howard) at a London railway station, and so begins a chaste ..read more »
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This Happy Breed
(1944)
Starring: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills
Director: David Lean
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Three classic wartime dramas: A TOWN LIKE ALICE sees female prisoners of war at the mercy of the notoriously sadistic Japanese Army, a man and woman find hope and love in each other as they are forced at bayonet point on a long march of death. Based on Nevil Shute's best-seller, this film saw Best ..read more »
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In Which We Serve
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Noel Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles
Director: Noel Coward, David Lean
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An engrossing account of the sinking of the British destroyer HMS Torrin during the Battle of Crete. Three survivors on a raft recount their lives aboard the sunken vessel. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay.
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David Lean facts
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A TRUE CLASSIC 22 March 2005
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Anyone who has a passing interest in British films should watch David Lean's 'Great Expectations'.
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