The Browning Version [Criterion Collection]

The Browning Version [Criterion Collection]

Director: Anthony Asquith Cast: Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
, Jean Kent
Jean Kent
, Nigel Patrick
Nigel Patrick
, Ronald Howard
Ronald Howard
Anthony Asquith
The Browning Version [Criterion Collection]

The Browning Version [Criterion Collection]

Director: Anthony Asquith Cast: Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
, Jean Kent
Jean Kent
, Nigel Patrick
Nigel Patrick
, Ronald Howard
Ronald Howard
Anthony Asquith

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Overview

Michael Redgrave gives his greatest performance as Andrew Crocker-Harris, a boarding-school teacher who realizes that his life may be a failure, in this powerful adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play with a screenplay by Rattigan himself. Poor health forces Crocker-Harris to give up his teaching position after years of thankless service and scorn from his students and colleagues. His marriage to Millie (Jean Kent) is also in free fall, as his wife is openly having an affair with the school's chemistry teacher, Hunter (Nigel Patrick). The sensitivity of one student (Brian Smith) breaks through Crocker-Harris's reserved British exterior, but it takes the final departure of his wife, right before the school's graduation exercises, to wake him up once and for all. He discards his prepared speech and speaks openly to the assembled students, delivering a moving apology for having failed them as their teacher. The film's rich montage of incident and character detail builds to intense emotional heights that make this version of The Browning Version a classic.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/28/2005
UPC: 0037429202227
Original Release: 1951
Source: Criterion Collection
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:29:00
Sales rank: 20,043

Special Features

New, restored high-definition Digital transfer; Audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; Exclusive interview with Mike Figgis, director of the 1994 remake; Archival interview with star Michael Redgrave from 1958; Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; Plus: A new essay by critic Geoffrey Macnab

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Michael Redgrave Andrew Crocker-Harris
Jean Kent Millie Crocker-Harris
Nigel Patrick Frank Hunter
Ronald Howard Gilbert
Wilfrid Hyde-White Frobisher
Brian Smith Taplow
Bill Travers Fletcher
Paul Medland Wilson
Ivan Samson Lord Baxter
Josephine Middleton Mrs. Frobisher
Peter Jones Carstairs
Sarah Lawson Betty Carstairs
Scott Harold Rev. Williamson
Judith Furse Mrs. Williamson

Technical Credits
Anthony Asquith Director
Teddy Baird Producer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Logos/Opening Credits [1:32]
2. "Merely Morning Prayers" [4:49]
3. The Upper Fifth [3:57]
4. "Sorry for the Crock?" [6:05]
5. Human Nature [3:55]
6. Taplow's Gift for Mimicry [3:27]
7. Mrs. Crocker-Harris [5:45]
8. "The Husband You've Just Slain" [8:01]
9. "A Stroll Round the Grounds" [9:56]
10. The Himmler of the Lower Fifth [6:59]
11. The Browning Version [:02]
12. "The Artful Little Beast" [7:12]
13. Farewell Dinner, With Fireworks [7:41]
14. Silent Good-Bye [9:00]
15. "I Am Sorry" [2:47]
16. "Like a Modern Play" [6:35]
17. Color Bars [2:12]
1. Introduction [1:32]
2. Anthony Asquith [4:49]
3. Terence Rattigan [3:57]
4. Redgrave's Entrance [6:05]
5. Casting Redgrave [3:55]
6. Catching Up With the Play [3:27]
7. Rattigan's Background [5:45]
8. Rattigan's Career/Jean Kent [8:01]
9. Wilfred Hyde White [9:56]
10. The Use of Agamemmon [6:59]
11. Brian Smith, Nigel Patrick [:02]
12. Michael Redgrave [7:12]
13. A Historical Coincidence [7:41]
14. Asquith's Career, Continued [9:00]
15. Rattigan's Career, Continued [2:47]
16. A Hopeful Ending [6:35]
17. Color Bars [2:12]
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