 Certificate
1975 (DVD 27/7/09)
B&W
UK
Subtitles: Optional English for hard-of-hearing
Published/distributed by BFI
ISBN/EAN: 5035673010143
Ratio 1.33:1 Runtime: 92 mins + 98 mins extras
Price:
£15.99
(Including VAT at 17.5%)
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Brownlow, Kevin; Mollo, Andrew
1649. With poverty and unrest sweeping England, a group of impoverished men and women, known as the diggers, form a settlement on St George's Hill, Surrey. Inspired by the visionary leadership of Gerrard Winstanley, the commune's tireless, yet peaceful, attempts to assert their right to cultivate and share the wealth of the common land, are met with crushing hostility from local landowners and government troops.
With Winstanley, filmmakers Brownlow and Mollo (the creators of It Happened Here) have produced an astonishingly authentic historical film, and a powerful, moving story of one extraordinary man's vision.
Extras* New restoration by the BFI National Archive.
* New filmed interview with Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo (40 minutes)
* It Happened Here Again (Eric Mival, 1976, 50 minutes), the making of Winstanley
* 9 Dalmuir West (Kevin Brownlow, 1962, 13 minutes), a record of the last weekend of Glasgow trams
* Fully Illustrated 36-page booklet with contributions by Marina Lewycka (author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian), Eric Mival, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Tom Milne, and David Robinson; plus biographies and credits.
* PCM audio
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