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A Canterbury tale, Eagle-Lion Distributors, Ltd. ; a production of the Archers ; Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger present ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger ; Independent Film Distributors, Ltd

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A Canterbury tale

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Eagle-Lion Distributors, Ltd. ; a production of the Archers ; Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger present ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger ; Independent Film Distributors, Ltd

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The Criterion Collection, 341

A Canterbury tale: During a blackout, three train passengers arrive at Chillingbourne in Kent. Londoner Alison Smith is a feisty representative of the Women's Land Army (aka the "land girls"). Bob Johnson is an American soldier whose intended destination was Canterbury. Peter Gibbs is a classical music student who worked in peacetime as a cinema organist. As they make their way through the village, Alison has something poured on to her hair by an unseen attacker. She is the latest victim of the Glue Man, a nocturnal rogue who harasses young women who date American soldiers. She, along with Bob and Peter, vow to track him down. Ostensibly a mystery, the film is principally a portrait of the bucolic English countryside during wartimeA pilgrim's return: A 20-minute interview with John Sweet on first visit back to Canterbury since the making of A Canterbury Tale in which Sweet talks about making the film, its enduring popularity, and its effect on his life sinceA Canterbury trial: In 2005, the centennial of Michael Powell' s birth, documentary filmmaker David Thompson shot footage chronicling an annual walking tour, organized by Steve Crook of the Powell & Pressburger Appreciation Society and led by local historian Paul Tritton, around the Kent countryside revisiting the locations of A Canterbury Tale as well as sites from Powell' s childhoodListening to Britain: This seven minute video piece, inspired by Burgin's experience of returning to Britain in the immediate aftermath of September 11, Humphrey Jennings' World War II documentary of the same name and Powell and Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale, was originally presented as an art gallery installation and is designed to run as a continuous loop in a dark room. With no definable beginning, middle and end, this work mixes various elements, including landscape footage of locations from A Canterbury Tale and new shots of the same scenery to create a filmic painting intended to inspire viewers to think of the previous time England's stability was under threatListen to Britain: This British propaganda short film, a poetic treatment, using no narration, of the British people during World War II, features a tapestry of sound and image interspersed with scenes of British preparedness and tranquility and national unity

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