376 - 49th Parallel

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SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES

- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder
- The Volunteer, a 1943 Powell and Pressburger war-effort short starring Ralph Richardson
- A Pretty British Affair, a BBC documentary on the careers of Powell and Pressburger, which considers their WWII-era collaborators and features rare footage of the filmmakers together
- Excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Charles Barr and an excerpt from Powell's 1941 premiere speech

[Nomansvally]

I love this film, so incredibly thrilling, I love all the different supportive roles, it's like a early Hitchcock film, I also love the the straight-forward message about Nazism.
One of Powell/Pressburger's top 5 I'd say... and Lawrence Olivier is hilarious as the French hunter.

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