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The devils [dvd] / directed by Ken Russell.

Contributor(s): Russell, Ken, 1927-2011 | Solo, Robert H | Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937- | Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999 | Sutton, Dudley, 1933- | Whiting, John Robert, 1917-1963 | Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 | Whiting, John Robert, 1917-1963. Devils | Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Devils of Loudun | Joyce, Paul, 1940- | Warner Bros | British Film InstitutePublisher number: BFIVD940 | BFIPublication details: [London] : BFI, [2012], c1971. Description: 2 dvd videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 p. ; 18 cm)Other title: Ken Russell's film of the devilsSubject(s): Exorcism -- France -- Drama | Trials (Witchcraft) -- France -- Drama | Persecution -- France -- DramaLOC classification: DVD: DEVI
Contents:
Disc 1. DVD presentation of the original UK 'X' certified version of the feature film (107 min.). Amelia and the angel (26 min.) --- Disc 2. Hell on earth (48 min.). Director of Devils (12 min.). On-set footage with Michael Bradsell (13 min.). On-stage Q&A with Ken Russell (13 min.).
Production credits: Produced by Robert H. Solo and Ken Russell ; screenplay by Ken Russell ; director of photography, David Watkin ; editor, Michael Bradsell ; music, Peter Maxwell Davies.Awards: National Board of Review, USA, 1972: NBR Award in Best Director (Ken Russell). Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1972: Silver Ribbon in Best Director (Ken Russell).Cast: Vanessa Redgrave ; Oliver Reed ; Dudley Sutton.Summary: This film centers on the staggering true-life dementia of events in France in 1643. After a priest who submitted to his own passions is accused of lewdness and sorcery, a mass exorcism is ordered for him and for an allegedly demon-possessed convent.
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Based on the play: The devils by John Whiting and the novel The devils of London by Aldous Huxley.

Originally released by Warner Bros. as a motion picture in 1971.

Booklet (40 p. ; ill.) with essays and credits in English inserted in container.

Special features include documentaries Amelia and the angel (Ken Russell, 1958), Hell on earth (Paul Joyce, 2002), Director of Devils (1971) and featurettes On-set footage with Michael Bradsell, On-stage Q&A withKen Russell; trailers.

Disc 1. DVD presentation of the original UK 'X' certified version of the feature film (107 min.). Amelia and the angel (26 min.) --- Disc 2. Hell on earth (48 min.). Director of Devils (12 min.). On-set footage with Michael Bradsell (13 min.). On-stage Q&A with Ken Russell (13 min.).

Produced by Robert H. Solo and Ken Russell ; screenplay by Ken Russell ; director of photography, David Watkin ; editor, Michael Bradsell ; music, Peter Maxwell Davies.

Vanessa Redgrave ; Oliver Reed ; Dudley Sutton.

This film centers on the staggering true-life dementia of events in France in 1643. After a priest who submitted to his own passions is accused of lewdness and sorcery, a mass exorcism is ordered for him and for an allegedly demon-possessed convent.

18. Only for viewing by persons age 18 years and over.

DVD 9; PAL; aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (16:9 enhanced); Dolby Doigital, mono sound format.

Closed-captioned in English.

National Board of Review, USA, 1972: NBR Award in Best Director (Ken Russell). Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1972: Silver Ribbon in Best Director (Ken Russell).