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  • Actors: Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack, Sybil Thorndike, Edward Chapman
  • Directors: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
  • Writers: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Mary Webb
  • Producers: Emeric Pressburger, David O. Selznick, George R. Busby
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Aug 2001
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000059RNP
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,653 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Video Description
DVD Special Features:

Scene Selection
Behind the Scenes Footage (Courtesy of Thelma Schoonmaker)
Interview with Ian Christie (Michael Powell's Biographer)
Biographies - David O.Selznick, Jennifer Jones, David Farrer, Cyril Cusack, Michael Powell, Ian Christie Photo Gallery

Synopsis
In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's GONE TO EARTH, Hazel (Jennifer Jones), a beautiful young gypsy girl, falls for a local hunter (David Farrar) who wants to kill her pet fox. This simple yet breathtaking film was later re-edited as THE WILD HEART.

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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, beautiful film, 17 Jan 2005
This review contains no plot spoilers.

A magnificent acheivement by Powell and Pressburger, full of the mysterious atmosphere of the Welsh Marches. Sadly, it was butchered before release - just 35 minutes remained in the 1950 cinema release. This DVD is the full 110 minute restored version, and the DVD transfer is superb for a film of this age. The audio is also excellent. There are even good extras, rare in a budget British DVD.

The outdoor shots are superb, and thankfully there are only a few seconds of back-projection here and there. If you like P&P's work (I Know Where I'm Going, Colonel Blimp, A Canterbury Tale), then you'll love this. Also a 'must' for Kilvert's Diary lovers.

It seems the DVD pack designer was just handed a few old black & white film stills and didn't even watch the film. This is because the front image and the rear three stills are all in black & white! It would be a shame if this put off potential viewers - as it's actually in georgeous, subtle technicolour.

The only (slight) let down is the sharpness and suddenness of the ending. Buy & enjoy!

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars British Film at its best, 22 Sep 2004
All Powell and Pressburgers' films have a magic about them that delights us. "Gone to Earth" is one of their finest as it centres on our relationship with the landscape around us. We follow the heroine through her courtships knowing that her real love is the world she inhabits rather than people. This allows P & P to follow some familiar paths as they introduce us to a range of eccentric, thoroughly British charchters, who both shock and amuse the Gypsy girl and ultimately cause her destruction. P & P make the familiar British landscape haunting and magical. Not to be missed.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Mary Webb classic brought to the silver screen!, 1 Jan 2008
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'Gone To Earth' is a sumptuous film done in glorious Technicolor - a story based upon the novel from the great writer from Shropshire Mary Webb.

Mary Webb wrote some fabulous stories with some wonderfully colourful eccentric characters. This film is a true and accurate interpretation of the said novel, with great camera work and some great acting. An entertaining film that sees Hugh Griffith in one of his best roles as the all-protecting servant of the womanising Squire, and Cyril Cusack is the kind and gentle Parson who eventually wins his wife back from the red-blooded Mr. Redding.

For those of you unfamiliar with the book and film - be prepared for a shock ending!

N. B. DVD 'bonus' features includes footage from 'behind the scenes' of the making of the film.
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