The Stars Look Down
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 41 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 24, 2012
- Originally Released: 1940
- Label: American Pop Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Michael Redgrave & Margaret Lockwood | |
Performer: | Edward Rigby, Emlyn Williams, Cecil Parker, Nancy Price, David Markham, Olga Lindo, Allan Jeayes & George Carney | |
Directed by | Carol Reed | |
Edited by | Reginald Beck | |
Screenwriting by | A. Coppel, James B. Williams & A.J. Cronin | |
Composition by | Hans May | |
Produced by | Isadore Goldsmith & Maurice J. Wilson | |
Director of Photography: | Mutz Greenbaum |
Entertainment Reviews:
Since this is the story of a mine disaster his work will inevitably be compared with Pabst's in Kameradschaft : he can bear the comparison.
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The Spectator
Rating: B --
The classic b/w film is rich in detail and atmosphere of mining life.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 4/4 --
At once topical and enduring, this powerful drama influenced by the social realism of the British documentary greatly enhanced the growing reputation of Reed, then a young director.
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TV Guide
Some two decades before the Kitchen Sink cinema of the British New Wave, Carol Reed made this serious, committed film about life in a northern mining community.
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Time Out
Rating: 4.5/5 --
In The Stars Look Down Mr. Reed has made a film to be remembered in this or any other season.
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New York Times
[An] utterly compelling mix of social realism and highly crafted cinematic art.
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Film4
The scenario writer has wisely concentrated on a well-knit and straightforward plot. The result is thoroughly holding entertainment.
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Monthly Film Bulletin
Description by OLDIES.com:
Davey leaves the mining village to go to University on a scholarship. He marries Jenny and returns home without completing his degree. He realizes Jenny loves someone else and becomes also disappointed with his work as a teacher. He decides to become an activist for the miners.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 63,065
- UPC: 874757034898
- Shipping Weight: 0.27/lbs (approx)
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