The loneliness of the long distance runner [DVD] / directed by Tony Richardson.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: BFIVD 511 | BFI VideoPublication details: U.K.: BFI Video Publishing, 2003.Description: 1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., b&wDDC classification:- 393A
- Director/producer, Tony Richardson ; screenplay, Alan Sillitoe ; director of photography, Walter Lassally ; music, John Addison.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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3 Day Loan | LSAD Library DVD collection | 393A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100566000 |
A DVD release of a 1962 motion picture.
Adapted from the short story by Alan Sillitoe.
DVD extras include a commentary by film historian Robert Murphy, with Alan Sillitoe and Tom Courtenay, video essay by cinematographer Walter Lassally, stills gallery and director and writer biographies.
Director/producer, Tony Richardson ; screenplay, Alan Sillitoe ; director of photography, Walter Lassally ; music, John Addison.
Michael Redgrave (Governor-Warden), Tom Courtenay (Colin Smith), Avis Bunnage (Mrs. Smith), Peter Madden (Mr. Smith), James Bolam (Mike), Julia Foster (Gladys), Topsy Jane (Audrey), Dervis Ward (Detective), Raymond Dyer (Gordon), Alex McCowan (Psychiatrist).
An 18-year-old boy, a product of a slum environment, is sent to reform school where he becomes the top runner and the best bet to win against a private school.