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| ACTORS: | Eric Portman, Sheila Sim |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 21 January, 1949 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Home Vision Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 037429041635 |
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A Real Gem That Will Hopefully Be Available Soon It is World War II and 3 people (a young girl and a British and American soldier on leave) are making a modern day pilgrimage to Canterbury. Each has their own reason and problem to resolve on the way. All that is interupted at a sleepy English village when the "Glueman" attacks. Not as serious as it sounds but it is the catalyst for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger to have our characters open up while giving us a slice of English countryside life that is mostly vanished. Simple things as the GI and village lumberman discussing wood or the village children enacting an elaborate game of war. There is much that is quite funny and very touching about this film that despite its being set at a particular time makes it timeless. In the end 4 wind up in Canterbury. Our original 3 and the "Glueman". As always with Powell and Pressburger the script is literate and whimsical and the overal production superbly handled. With a fine ensemble cast of actors this film is a treasure that will hopefully be restored to video.
A gem of a movie
A strange, numinous little gem of a movie, shot in and around a luftwaffe-devastated Canterbury in the run-up to D Day, 1945. Renowned director Michael Powell returns to his beloved home City to update the Canterbury Tales - 3 modern-day "pilgrims" - a Land Girl, US GI & British soldier, brought together by their hunt for the mysterious "glue man" who pours glue on local girls who date soldiers - all receive their "blessings", as indeed does the glue man. The fantastic cloudscapes & vast skies of East Kent are stunning backdrops to crucial scenes & the amazing & typical Powell/Pressburger/Renoir use of light throughout adds to the air of magical realism. A must-buy!!!
One of Portman's Best
Haunting, troubling, hilarious, and saddening. Eric Portman was England's greatest actor, and he and the rest of the cast shine in this underrated gem about the nature of truth.