The Deep Blue Sea [Blu-ray]

Director: Terence Davies Terence Davies

Overview

One of Terence Rattigan's most celebrated plays is given a new screen adaptation in this drama written and directed by Terence Davies. Hester Page (Rachel Weisz) is rescued in the midst of a suicide attempt by her landlady Mrs. Elton (Ann Mitchell) when she smells gas. As those around her ponder why a beautiful woman would choose such a fate, we learn that Hester is not really Hester at all -- she's actually Lady Collyer, the wife of well-known and respected judge Sir William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale). However, Lady Collyer has never known love or satisfaction in her marriage, and she fell into an affair with Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston), a former RAF pilot. Lady Collyer has become hopelessly infatuated with Freddie, leaving her husband and living with Freddie under an assumed identity. But the woman who now calls herself Hester soon discovers she loves Freddie far more than he loves her, and between his drinking and neglect for her, it seems she's given up her old life for one that has no future. This marks the second time The Deep Blue Sea has been brought to the screen; Vivien Leigh starred in the 1955 version directed by Anatole Litvak.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/24/2012
UPC:	0736211215352
Original Release:	2011
Rating:	R
Source:	Music Box Films
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	22,150

Special Features

Closed Caption; ; Collector's Booklet; Audio Commentary; Interviews with Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston; Terence Davies' Master Class; Realizing the Director's Vision

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rachel Weisz	Hester Collyer
Tom Hiddleston	Freddie Page
Simon Russell Beale	William Collyer
Ann Mitchell	Mrs. Elton
Jolyon Coy	Philip Welch
Harry Hadden-Paton	Jackie Jackson
Karl Johnson	Mr. Miller
Sarah Kants	Liz Jackson
Oliver Ford Davies	Hester's Father
Barbara Jefford	Collyer's Mother
Mark Tandy	Ede and Ravenscroft Assistant
Stuart McLoughlin	Singing Man in Tube
Nicholas Amer	Mr. Elton
Philip Welch	Jolyon Coy
Hilary Hahn	Performer
Samuel Barber	Composer

Technical Credits

Terence Davies

Terence Davies	Director,Screenwriter
Terence Rattigan	Playwright
Sean O'Connor	Producer
Kate Ogborn	Producer
Katherine Butler	Executive Producer
Peter Hampden	Executive Producer
Norman Merry	Executive Producer
Lisa Marie Russo	Executive Producer
Tim Barker	Sound/Sound Designer