Brief Encounter (1946)

Director: David Lean  Starring: Trevor Howard  Celia Johnson  
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Format: DVD
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Product Summary
Publisher: MGM
Format: DVD
UPC: 00027616911162
Buy.com Sku: 40246164
Item#: VXCQCU
Category Keywords: Affairs  British  Character Study  Classic  Doomed Lovers  Infidelity  Love  Love Affairs  Love Story  Railway Travel  Recommended  Romance  Tear Jerker  Theatrical Release  Tragedy  Trains  Vintage 
Rating: NR
 
 
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Black & White, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
 


Editor's Note

Though he might be best remembered for sweeping epics such as DOCTOR ZHIVAGO and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, renowned British director David Lean began his film career with small-scale character studies based on the plays of Noel Coward. Lean's fourth film, BRIEF ENCOUNTER--which was also his fourth and final collaboration with Coward--adapts the playwright's heartbreaking tale of two ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary power of love. Laura (Celia Johnson) is a seemingly happy, middle-class housewife who meets the equally married physician Alec (a young Trevor Howard in only his third screen role) when he removes a speck of dust from her eye at a London railway station. The pair soon find themselves drawn together through weekly meetings at the station cafe, their casual encounters blooming into a chaste love affair marked by intimate conversation, longing glances--and the tragic realization that neither of them will be able to break the bonds of social propriety that keep them wedded to other people. Seen by some as quintessentially English, Lean's achingly lovely exploration of the conflicting demands of personal happiness and social responsibility remains nonetheless universal and timeless. Johnson and Howard's nuanced performances, Robert Krasker's shadowy cinematography, and a soundtrack of hauntingly romantic Rachmaninov piano concertos only add to the film's aura of quiet desperation.

 
Features
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers



 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: MGM
Release Date: 12/31/2005
Running Time: 87 minutes
Original Release Date: 1946
Catalog ID: 1006978
UPC: 00027616911162
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Video: B&W

 
Cast & Crew
Trevor Howard
Everley Gregg
Cyril Raymond
Joyce Carey
Stanley Holloway
Celia Johnson
Robert Krasker - Director of Photography
Jack Harris - Editor
Noël Coward - Source Writer
Noël Coward - Producer
Anthony Havelock-Allan - Producer
L. P. Williams - Art Director
Ronald Neame - Producer
David Lean - Director

 
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
"...The most memorable treatment of extramarital romance in movie history..." -- Rating: A- 07/14/1995 p.67

Total Film
"...This 1946 romantic drama still packs an emotional punch. David Lean's direction is assured, the script is poignant, and the performances are superb..." 05/01/2000 p.103

Sight and Sound
"...[An] expert adaptation....[With] elegant cinematography..." 06/01/2001 p.58

Empire
5 stars out of 5 -- "Lean's direction and Noel Coward's expertly crafted script are letter-perfect..." 09/01/2007 p.61

  
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