A taste of honey
(DVD)
Contributors
Richardson, Tony, 1928-1991, screenwriter,
Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011, screenwriter.
Lassally, Walter, 1926-2017, director of photography.
Brinton, Ralph, art director.
Devine, Sophie, 1901- costume designer.
Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011, screenwriter.
Lassally, Walter, 1926-2017, director of photography.
Brinton, Ralph, art director.
Devine, Sophie, 1901- costume designer.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD edition., Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Status
Main Library - Media
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Edition
DVD edition., Two-DVD special edition.
Language
English
UPC
715515184816
Notes
General Note
Adapted from the play by Shelagh Delaney.
General Note
Title from title frame.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
General Note
Special features on disc one: new, restored, 4K digital transfer; audio interview with director and coscreenwriter Tony Richardson from the 1962 Cannes Film Festival; "Momma don't allow" (1956), a Free Cinema short film by Richardson and shot by Lassally; Disc two: The actors (interviews with actors Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin, recorded by Criterion in 2016); excerpt from a 1960 television interview with playwright Shelagh Delaney on the series Close-Up; interview from 1998 with cinematographer Walter Lassally; Remaking British theater: Joan Littlewood and "A Taste of Honey," a new piece about the film's stage origins, featuring an interview with theater scholar Kate Dorney; booklet essay by film scholar Colin MacCabe.
Restrictions on Access
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits
Music, John Addison ; art director, Ralph Brinton ; director of photography, Walter Lasally ; editor, Antony Gibbs ; wardrobe, Sophie Devine, Barbara Gillett.
Participants/Performers
Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah.
Description
Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, shows how a disaffected teenager finds her way amid the economic desperation of industrial Manchester, and despite an absent, self-absorbed mother. With its unapologetic identification with social outcasts and its sensitive, modern approach to matters of sexuality and race, a classic that is still a startling benchmark work of realism.
System Details
DVD format; region 1, NTSC, region 1; widescreen 1.66:1 presentation; Dolby digital 1.0.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Delaney, Shelagh, -- 1939-2011 -- Film adaptations.
Drama.
Dysfunctional families -- England -- Manchester -- Drama.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Foreign films.
Interracial dating -- Drama.
Manchester (England) -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
Social problem films.
Teenage girls -- England -- Manchester -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Dysfunctional families -- England -- Manchester -- Drama.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Foreign films.
Interracial dating -- Drama.
Manchester (England) -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
Social problem films.
Teenage girls -- England -- Manchester -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects