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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: During 1924 and for the next two years, Claude Friese-Greene, filmmaker and cinematographer, embarked on an epic journey, and calling it The Open Road, which would bring the people and the lands of Great Britain together. From Land's End to Scotland's John O'Groats, and with his new and modern filming technique, that for once has the ability to film in colour. For the first time the people of England, and the world could see itself in colour. This modern-day retrospective looks back, and takes the same ride some eighty years later, reconnecting with past places and past memories. ...The Lost World of Friese-Greene
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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After Michell and Kenyan I really wanted to see and enjoy The Lost World Of Friese-Greene. This is an interesting set,much too much talk really for my liking.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Very mixed feelings about this DVD. Glad we bought it, well worth watching for the historic footage, but shocking amount of repetition to pad out the programme time.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Yes Dan's pieces-to-camera from his vintage car, while being carried on a trailer are obvious and unnecessary but this isn't the rason why LWF-G pales in comparison to 'Mitchell and Kenyon'. There simply isn't enough intersting, quality footage and far too much filler. I would have liked to have seen more 'then and now' comparison pictures. Irritating too was Dan's recapping at the start of every episode as to the who and why of F-G and his journey; the DVD production should have been edited differently from the televised.
The BBC did well to eke out 3 episodes from the material I think. At the end of each episode Dan tells us that we can see more footage online but surely all the best stuff was used on the programmes.
The BBC did well to eke out 3 episodes from the material I think. At the end of each episode Dan tells us that we can see more footage online but surely all the best stuff was used on the programmes.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fascinating
I watched the TV series and found it so interesting to see colour film showing everyday life in the 1930s Very well put together and presented, seeing people who remembered those... Read more
Published 12 months ago by RB
Well Read & Greene
In contrast to some of the other reviewers, I rather like the avuncular Mr Cruickshank; he's easy on the ear. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by Shmorganzola
Wonderful
What the BBC should be doing. Beautifully shot, produced and researched. As good, if not better than, The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon. More please!
Published on 13 July 2006 by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Cruickshank factor...
Dan Cruickshank is clearly a very pleasant man but he should not be allowed to present television programmes in my opinion. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2006 by P. White
Tantalizing, but unsatisfying
Once again, as with The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon, the BBC has managed to take a remarkable piece of film history -- in this case colour films from the 1920s depicting a... Read more
Published on 17 May 2006 by K. G. Godwin
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