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The Alec Guinness Collection (Kind Hearts and Coronets / The Lavender Hill Mob / The Ladykillers / The Man in the White Suit / The Captain's Paradise) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Alexander Mackendrick, Anthony Kimmins, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
Actors: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Sellers, Dennis Price, Yvonne De Carlo
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
List Price: $69.98
Buy New: $65.00
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 46271
Format: Anamorphic, Box Set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 5
Running Time: 451 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.5 x 3
MPN: ANBD12099D
UPC: 013131209990
EAN: 0013131209990
ASIN: B00006FMAX
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 1953
Release Date: September 10, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Contains five ealing studios classics - kind hearts & coronets ladykillers man in the white suit & lavender hill mob. Plus box has captains paradise exclusively. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2008 Run time: 451 minutes
Amazon.com
Five of the British film industry's best-loved comedies in one boxed set makes The Alec Guinness Collection absolutely essential for anyone who has any passion at all for movies. It contains Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Captain's Paradise (1953) (only available in this set), and The Ladykillers (1955). The Ealing Studio's greatest comedies captured the essence of post-war Britain, both in their evocation of a land once blighted by war but now rising doggedly and optimistically again from the ashes, and in their mordant yet graceful humor. They portray a country with an antiquated class system whose crumbling conventions are being undermined by a new spirit of individual opportunism. In the delightfully wicked Kind Hearts and Coronets, a serial killer politely murders his way into the peerage; in The Lavender Hill Mob a put-upon bank clerk schemes to rob his employers; The Man in the White Suit is a harshly satirical depiction of idealism crushed by the status quo; in The Captain's Paradise, a ferryboat captain complements his proper British wife with a fiery Spanish wife; while The Ladykillers mocks both the criminals and the authorities with its unlikely octogenarian heroine Mrs. "lop-sided" Wilberforce. Many factors contribute to these films' success--including fine music scores from composers such as Benjamin Frankel (Man in the White Suit), Malcolm Arnold (Captain's Paradise), and Tristram Cary (The Ladykillers); positively symphonic sound effects (White Suit); marvelously evocative locations (the environs of King's Cross in Ladykillers, for example); and writing that always displays Ealing's unique perspective on British social mores ("All the exuberance of Chaucer without, happily, any of the concomitant crudities of his period")--yet arguably their greatest asset is Alec Guinness, whose multifaceted performances are the keystone upon which Ealing built its biting, often macabre, yet always elegant comedy. --Mark Walker
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 it is a pity November 28, 2008
hugo carpanessi (uruguay,south america)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
it is really a pity this collection, and the
Ealing Studios collection has no Spanish
surtitles, otherwise I would buy them
right away.
Great Alec Guinness Comedies May 14, 2008
Stanley R. Wilfong (Colorado Springs, CO)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This a wonderful collection of Alec Guinness comedy films that I enjoyed as a young man. They brought back the laughter and memories when I first saw them. It is a very happy experience. At the time I first viewed them, I did not really appreciate some of the cast members who went on to stardom (Audrey Hepburn and Peter Sellers). Enjoy these classic films!
Anyone who appreciates great comedy will treasure these. January 10, 2007
C. E. Allen (New York, NY)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
No vulgarity, no nudity, just some of the cleverest stories with fine performances from all concerned.
The remakes never work. Hard to improve on perfection.
Simply Superb. July 12, 2006
slithy tove (US)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The best British comedy and satire. No slapstick or foul language or artistic nudity. Just great acting and great stories. Comedy mysteries with twisty endings. Example: the very ending of "The Captain's Paradise"; you would never guess.
 bad news for Spanish viewers? April 14, 2005
Hector O. Alonso (Rosario, Argentina)
2 out of 41 found this review helpful
I know all these films and agree they are wonderful. But, is it possible that this edition have an audio track in French and no Spanish subtitles?
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