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David Lean and his films / by Alain Silver and James Ursini, foreword by Robert Wise Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 1992.
Call No: 81LEA SILAuthor: Silver, Alain ; Ursini, James ; Wise, Robert (foreword) Edition: 1st Silman-James Press edition 1992Source: USPlace: Los AngelesPublisher: Silman-James PressPubDate: 1992PhysDes: 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: Lean, David ; IN WHICH WE SERVE (UK, David Lean and Noel Coward, 1942) ; THIS HAPPY BREED (UK, David Lean, 1944) ; BLITHE SPIRIT (UK, David Lean, 1945) ; BRIEF ENCOUNTER (UK, David Lean, 1945) ; GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946) ; OLIVER TWIST (UK, David Lean, 1948) ; MADELEINE (UK, David Lean, 1950) ; BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER (UK, David Lean, 1952) ; SOUND BARRIER, THE (UK, David Lean, 1952) ; HOBSON'S CHOICE (UK, David Lean, 1954) ; PASSIONATE FRIENDS, THE (UK, David Lean, 1949) ; SUMMER MADNESS (UK/US, David Lean, 1955) ; SUMMERTIME (UK/US, David Lean, 1955) ; BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (UK/US, David Lean, 1957) ; LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (UK, David Lean, 1962) ; DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (US, David Lean, 1965) ; RYAN'S DAUGHTER (UK, David Lean, 1970) ; PASSAGE TO INDIA, A (US/UK, David Lean, 1984) Summary: "Updated and extensively revised, this first American edition of David Lean and His Films offers the reader an in-depth analysis, discussion, and critique of Lean's directorial output. In their film-by-film accounting of his work, authors Silver and Ursini uncover the themes and concerns that have been sustained throughout Lean's career." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-285) and index; Filmography: p. [241]-266ISBN: 1879505002Contents: -- acknowledgements -- foreword -- introduction -- 1: the early films: in which we serve (1942); this happy breed (1944); blithe spirit (1945) -- 2: brief encounter (1945) -- 3: the Dickens adaptations: great expectations (1946) and oliver twist (1948) -- 4: madeleine (1950) -- 5: the sound barrier (1952) -- 6: hobson's choice (1954) -- 7: the passionate friends (1949) and summer madness (1955) -- 8: the bridge on the river kwai (1957) -- 9: lawrence of arabia (1962) -- 10: doctor zhivago (1965) -- 11: ryan's daughter (1970) -- 12: a passage to india (1984) -- a personal afterword -- biography -- filmography -- footnotes -- selected bibliography -- index --
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Dickens and film / by A. L. Zambrano New York: Gordon Press, 1976.
Call No: 753DIC ZAMAuthor: Zambrano, A. L Place: New YorkPublisher: Gordon PressPubDate: 1976PhysDes: 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: ADAPTATIONS ; ADAPTATIONS. DICKENS, CHARLES ; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA ; MUSICALS ; SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA ; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA ; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK ; EISENSTEIN, SERGEI M. ; DAVID COPPERFIELD (US, George Cukor, 1935) ; GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946) ; GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, Joseph Hardy, 1975) ; OLIVER TWIST (UK, David Lean, 1948) ; SCROOGE (US, Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951) ; SCROOGE (UK, Ronald Neame, 1970) ; TALE OF TWO CITIES, A (US, Jack Conway, 1935) Summary: This book discusses the works of Charles Dickens that has been adapted into film up until the mid 1970s. It discusses Dickens's relationship to the theatre (cinema's closest ancestor), the Victorian values of Dickens's work, the cinematic elements of Dickens's writing, and modern filmic adaptations of his work.Notes: Includes filmography -- collection's copy is fragile, handle with careISBN: 0879684569LON: 76016479; 174074
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Learning the liveliest art : a film and TV course for senior students / W. H. Perkins Hobart: Fullers Bookshop, 1968.
Call No: F53 PERAuthor: Perkins, W. H. Source: AustraliaPlace: HobartPublisher: Fullers BookshopPubDate: 1968PhysDes: 320 p. ; 18 cmSubject: COURSES, FILM. AUSTRALIA ; ADAPTATIONS. DICKENS, CHARLES ; ADAPTATIONS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; WESTERNS ; LAW IN FILMS ; TRIALS IN FILMS ; DOCUMENTARIES ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; OLIVER TWIST (UK, David Lean, 1948) ; GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946) ; HENRY V (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1944) ; TWELVE ANGRY MEN (US, Sidney Lumet, 1957) ; 3.10 TO YUMA (US, Delmer Daves, 1957) ; BACK OF BEYOND, THE (AT, John Heyer, 1953)
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OLIVER TWIST : (UK, Clive Donner, 1983)
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OLIVER TWIST : (FR/UK/CZ, Roman Polanski, 2005)
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OLIVER TWIST [TV] : (UK, Renny Rye, 1999)
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OLIVER TWIST [TV] : (AT, Richard Slapczynski, 1982)
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Roman Polanski / James Morrison Urbana, Ill ; Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2007.
Call No: 81POL MORAuthor: Morrison, James Source: USPlace: Urbana, Ill ; ChicagoPublisher: University of Illinois PressPubDate: 2007PhysDes: xi, 191 p. ; 22 cmSeries: Contemporary Film DirectorsSubject: ART CINEMA ; ADAPTATIONS. DICKENS, CHARLES ; ADAPTATIONS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; ADAPTATIONS. HARDY, THOMAS ; ADAPTATIONS ; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; AESTHETICS ; IMAGE ANALYSIS ; POLANSKI, ROMAN ; BORDWELL, DAVID ; REPULSION (UK, Roman Polanski, 1965) ; CUL-DE-SAC (UK, Roman Polanski, 1966) ; ROSEMARY'S BABY (US, Roman Polanski, 1968) ; MACBETH (UK, Roman Polanski, 1971) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; LOCATAIRE, LE (FR, Roman Polanski, 1976) ; TESS (FR/UK, Roman Polanski, 1979) ; BITTER MOON (FR/UK, Roman Polanski, 1992) ; PIANIST, THE (UK/GG/FR/PL, Roman Polanski, 2002) ; OLIVER TWIST (FR/UK/CZ, Roman Polanski, 2005) ISBN: 9780252074462Contents: Captive minds: Polanski and modernity. -- Comedy, melodrama, and gentrification in Polanski's films -- Cul-de-Sac and the 1960's art cinema -- Polanski in the new Hollywood -- Polanski and the art film's second wave -- Rendering classics: Macbeth and Tess -- Discovering the Figural in Polanski's films -- Interviews with Roman Polanski -- filmography, bibliography, index
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