Olivier's Shakespeare Collection (English) DVD
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- Format: DVD
- Rating: Not Rated
- Number of Discs: 4
- Run Time: 449 Minutes
- Region: 1
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen / Fullscreen
- Language: English
- Studio: Criterion Collection
- DVD Release Date: August 1, 2006
- Closed Captioning: No
- Subtitles: N/A
- Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
- Genre: Drama
Dubbed the greatest actor of the twentieth century, Sir Laurence Olivier, the classically trained and majestically handsome English theater veteran, first transplanted his passion for Shakespeare to the big screen in the 1940s, and in so doing, allowed Elizabethan verse to break free of its stage-bound origins. Olivier directed only five films in his sixty-year career, yet his three Shakespeare adaptations (Henry V, Hamlet, Richard III), presented here together for the first time, are still widely considered the definitive film adaptations. Faithful to the playwright's words yet open to the unique possibilities of the cinema, these works transcend both screen and stage with timeless passion. Criterion is proud to present this unprecedented filmmaking legacy.
