Things to come

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 Shape of things to come. (Added Author). Menzies, William Cameron, 1896-1957 (Added Author). Massey, Raymond. (Added Author). Scott, Margaretta. (Added Author). Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983 (Added Author). Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964 (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Raymond Massey, Margaretta Scott, Ralph Richardson and Sir Cedric Hardwicke with Ann Todd, Edward Chapman, Pearl Argyle and Maurice Bradell. (Cast).

Summary: "A landmark collaboration between writer H. G. Wells, producer Alexander Korda, and designer and director William Cameron Menzies, Things to Come is a science fiction film like no other, a prescient political work that predicts a century of turmoil and progress. Skipping through time, Things to Come bears witness to world war, dictatorship, disease, the rise of television, and finally, utopia. Conceived, written, and overseen by Wells himself as an adaptation of his own work, this mega-budgeted production, the most ambitious ever from Korda's London Films, is a triumph of imagination and technical audacity."--Container.

Record details

ISBN: 9781604657357
Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)
videorecording (DVD)
videodisc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.
Edition: DVD special ed.
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection c2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the novel "The shape of things to come" by H.G. Wells. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936. Special features: Audio commentary featuring film historian and writer David Kalat ; interview with writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling on fhe film's design ; new visual essay by film historian Bruce Eder on Arthur Bliss's musical score ; unused special effects footage by artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, along with a video installation piece by Jan Tichy incorporating that footage ; audio recording from 1936 of a reading from H.G. Wells's writing about the wandering sickness, the Plague in Things to come ; PLUS: a booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien. At head of title: H.G. Well's.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Produced by Alexander Korda ; directed by William Cameron Menzies.
Participant or Performer Note:	Raymond Massey, Margaretta Scott, Ralph Richardson and Sir Cedric Hardwicke with Ann Todd, Edward Chapman, Pearl Argyle and Maurice Bradell.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Home use only.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.