Humphrey Jennings Collection R0 UK ADDED

[baggish]

Humphrey Jennings Collection R0 UK

Title: Humphrey Jennings Collection
Country: UK
Region: R0
Releasing Studio: Film First
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Subtitles: None
Cuts: None
Duration:
Commentaries:
- None
Extras:
- Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain (2000 documentary directed by Kevin MacDonald, 50:23)
Notes:
ASIN: B0009S4EQ4
Sources:
- I borrowed the DVD from the library
- http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content.p ... ntid=57507
- http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview ... review.htm

In the case:
- 12-page booklet with an essay by Lindsay Anderson (unfortunately missing from "my" copy)

Includes the following films:
- Listen to Britain (1942) (17:38) (co-directed with Stewart McAllister)
-- 1942 Introduction by Leonard Brockington (1:33) (added to the film at the time by the Ministry of Information, but presented separately on the DVD because Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister did not approve of it to put it mildly)
- I Was a Fireman (AKA Fires Were Started) (1943) (71:04) (to be absolutely correct, "Fires Were Started" is an edited version of "I Was a Fireman")
- A Diary for Timothy (1945) (37:30) (incorrectly titled without the "A" in the DVD packaging and menus)

US equivalent:

Title: Listen to Britain and Other Films by Humphrey Jennings
Country: US
Region: R1
Releasing Studio: Image
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: NTSC
Soundtracks:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Subtitles: None
Cuts: None
Duration:
Commentaries:
- None
Extras:
Notes:
- Transferred from prints held in the Blackhawk Collection, while the UK release contains transfers from prints from the BFI and the Imperial War Museum. I don't know for sure but I guess this means the Leonard Brockington introduction is missing from "Listen to Britain" on this release.
ASIN: B00006674B
Sources:
- http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s492britain.html
- http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/4119/lis ... -jennings/
- mentioned in http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview ... review.htm

In the case:
- 8-page booklet with a biographical essay by Dean Duncan from Brigham Young University

Includes the following films:
- London Can Take It! (1940) (9 mins)
- Words for Battle (1941) (8 mins)
- Listen to Britain (1942) (18 mins) (co-directed with Stewart McAllister)
- I Was a Fireman (AKA Fires Were Started) (1943) (70 mins)
- A Diary for Timothy (1945) (39 mins)
- Myra Hess (AKA Myra Hess Playing the First Movement of Beethoven's Sonata in F Minor Op. 57 (Appassionata)) (1945) (9 mins) (for some reason the reviews seem to treat this more as an extra on the DVD, but it is a separate film directed by Jennings with its own IMDB listing)
- Family Portrait (1951) (26 mins)

The BFI has released three volumes of Humphrey Jennings films on DVD/Blu-Ray dual-format. These relases are much more complete than the two above as they include most if not all of Jennings' output (but not the Kevin MacDonald documentary). I could only find reviews for the first two, and I don't know if they are good enough to add them:

Volume 1:
- http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/i ... -days.html
- http://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-complete-hum ... l?___SID=U
- ASIN B0051FBKYO

Volume 2:
- http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/i ... arted.html
- http://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-complete-hum ... l?___SID=U
- ASIN B007A0FWVA

Volume 3:
- http://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-complete-hum ... l?___SID=U
- ASIN B00FKGPB3U

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

I'd like to add the BFI releases but I only put a note for now that they are available. I'll probably get those releases soon and add them then.

Thanks!

[baggish]

Hi James, you forgot to mention the documentary on the UK release...

Cheers!

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Completely missed that. Updated.