Ipswich Public Library

Tess., Janus Films ; Pathe! ; Renn Productions presents a Roman Polanski film ; screenplay, Gerard Brach, Roman Polanski, John Brownjohn ; executive producer, Pierre Grunstein ; produced by Claude Berri ; directed by Roman Polanski ; Burrill Productions, Blu-ray/DVD/Widescreen

Based on the novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by Thomas HardyOriginally released as a motion picture in 1979Special features: Ciné regards (Forty-five minute documentary shot on location for French television during the making of the film); Once upon a time ... "Tess" (a 2006 documentary about the film); On the making of Tess: From novel to screen, Filming Tess, Tess: the experience; The south bank show (host Melvyn Bragg interveiws the director about Tess and his career in this 1979 episode); Trailer. All special features available on both formats. Booklet features an essay by critic Colin MacCabe

multicolored

quadrophonic multichannel or surround

Music, Philippe Sarde ; production designer, Pierre Guffroy ; costume designer, Anthony Powell ; photography, Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet ; editors, Alastair McIntyre, Tom Priestley ; art director, Jack Stephens ; choreography, Sue Lefton

other

Blu-ray; DVD; Widescreen; Dual-format edition.

9781604658279

videodisc

Nastassia Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles, Richard Pearson, David Markham, Pascale De Boysson, Suzanna Hamilton, Caroline Embling, Tony Church, Lesley Dunlop, Sylvia Coleridge, Fred Bryant, Dicken Ashworth, Patsy Rowlands, John Barrett, Patsy Smart

2 videodiscs (171 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 Blu-ray disc (171 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet ([16] pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.)

sound on medium

videodisc

(Sirsi) 1544702(OCoLC)870689600

DVD: region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surroundBlu-ray: region A, widescreen (2.35:1, 16:9) presentation; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player

715515114011

CC2338BDDVD -- The Criterion Collection

DVDBlu-ray disc