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War requiem

Author: Don BoydDerek JarmanNathaniel ParkerTilda SwintonOwen TealeAll authors
Publisher: New York, NY : Kino International, [2008]
Edition/Format:   DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
The horrors of war and the pacifist sentiments expressed in Benjamin Britten's War requiem and the poems of Wilfred Owen are evoked in scenes and vignettes illustrating death and suffering in World War I.
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Genre/Form: War films
Fiction films
Feature films
Drama
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Don Boyd; Derek Jarman; Nathaniel Parker; Tilda Swinton; Owen Teale; Laurence Olivier; Benjamin Britten; Wilfred Owen; Anglo International Films Limited.; Liberty Film Sales Ltd.; Kino International Corporation.
OCLC Number: 255619748
Notes: Videodisc release of the 1988 motion picture.
Includes trailer and stills gallery.
Credits: Music composed and conducted by Benjamin Britten ; director of photography, Richard Greatrex ; editor, Rick Elgood.
Cast: Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Owen Teale, Sean Bean, Patricia Hayes, Nigel Terry, Laurence Olivier.
Description: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. and b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, NTSC; letterboxed (1.85:1), enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby digital.
Responsibility: Anglo International Films Limited for the BBC in association with Liberty Film Sales present ; a Don Boyd production, a Derek Jarman film ; produced by Don Boyd ; written and directed by Derek Jarman.

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The horrors of war and the pacifist sentiments expressed in Benjamin Britten's War requiem and the poems of Wilfred Owen are evoked in scenes and vignettes illustrating death and suffering in World War I.
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