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Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (The) AKA Rebel With A Cause (1962)
You can play it by the rules... or you can play it by ear – WHAT COUNTS is that you play it right for YOU...Director: Tony Richardson
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Theatrical trailer
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also coded R4.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with producer and actor Tom Courtenay, writer Alan Sillitoe and film historian Robert Murphy
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Extras:Video essay by cinematographer Walter Lassally (18:24)
Stills gallery
Biographies of director Tony Richardson and writer Alan Sillitoe
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The original release has Tom Courtney running on the front cover.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with producer and actor Tom Courtenay, writer Alan Sillitoe and film historian Robert Murphy
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Extras:Video Essay by cinematographer Walter Lassally (18:06)
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available in a Dual Format Blu-ray+DVD set.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "Look Back in Anger"
Extras (with Play All)
- "The Stories That Changed British Cinema" Q&A (48:43)
- "George Devine Memorial Play: Look Back in Anger" 1966 short film (16:12)
- "Oswald Morris Remembers Woodfall" 1993 featurette (23:05)
- "Ten Bob in Winter" 1963 short film (11:40)
- Trailer (3:00)
- Stills Gallery (1:28)
DISC TWO
* "The Entertainer"
Extras (with Play All)
- "George Devine Memorial Play: The Entertainer" Sequence One 1966 short film (5:42)
- "George Devine Memorial Play: The Entertainer" Sequence Two 1966 short film (5:07)
- "O Dreamland" 1953 short film (12:16)
- "Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front" 1901 short film (2:26)
- "Parade on West End Pier, Morecambe" 1901 short film (2:02)
- "Parade on West End Pier, Morecambe (2)" 1901 short film (1:36)
- "Parade on Morecambe Central Piere" 1901 short film (2:36)
- "Morecambe Promenade & Winter Gardens" 1901 short film (2:21)
- "Morecambe Pier" 1901 short film (1:24)
- "Scenes by the Stone Jetty, Morecambe" 1901 short film (2:13)
- "Morecambe Carnival" short film (0:56)
- "Lancashire Coast" 1957 short film (14:40)
- Stills Gallery (3:24)
DISC THREE
* "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"
Audio commentary with writer Alan Sillitoe, cinematographer Freddie Francis and film historian Robert Murphy
Audio interview with actor Albert Finney (4:03)
2009 Interview with actress Shirley Anne Field (10:07)
"We Are the Lambeth Boys" 1959 documentary (48:37)
DISC FOUR
* "A Taste of Honey"
Audio commentary by Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, and Dora Bryan
Extras (with Play All)
- Walter Lassally Video Essay (19:42)
- 50th Anniversary Q&A with Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, and Walter Lassally (14:44)
- "A Taste of Honey - From Stage to Screen - A Journey with Murray Melvin" featurette (25:14)
- "Rita Tushingham on A Taste of Honey" featurette (14:07)
- "Holiday" 1957 short film (17:19)
- Stills Gallery (4:59)
DISC FIVE
* "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"
Audio commentary with producer and actor Tom Courtenay, writer Alan Sillitoe and film historian Robert Murphy
Video Essay by cinematographer Walter Lassally (18:06)
"Momma Don't Allow" 1956 documentary (21:10)
DISC SIX
* "Tom Jones" (Director's Cut)
The Guardian Interview: Albert Finney 1982 (audio only, plays over the film) (33:27)
Extras (with Play All)
- "Vanessa Redgrave on Tony Richardson" featurette (9:49)
- "USSR Today: Meeting to Mark the 200th Anniversary of Henry Fielding" short film (1:01)
- Trailer (2:45)
- Stills Gallery Part One (3:52)
DISC SEVEN
* "Tom Jones" (Theatrical Cut)
Extras (with Play All)
- "George Devine Memorial Play: Luther" 1966 short film (6:32)
- "Walter Lassally on Tom Jones" featurette (23:33)
- Trailer (2:46)
- Stills Gallery Part Two (3:28)
DISC EIGHT
* "Girl with Green Eyes"
Audio commentary by Adrian Martin
Extras (with Play All)
- "Rita Tushingham on Girl with Green Eyes" (7:22)
- "Film Poetry: Desmond Davis" featurette (23:19)
- "Food for a Blluuusssshhhhh" 1959 short film (28:26)
- "The Peaches" 1964 short film (15:39)
- Trailer (2:26)
- Stills Gallery (4:08)
DISC NINE
* "The KNACK... and how to get it"
Audio commentary by Nel Synyard
Extras (with Play All)
- "George Devine Memorial Play: Exit the King" 1966 short film (4:01)
- "Captain Busby the Even Tenour of Her Ways" 1967 short film (15:37)
- "Now and Then: Dick Lester" 1967 featurette (17:02)
- "Rita Tushingham Remembers The KNACK... and how to get it" featurette (10:11)
- "Staging The KNACK... and how to get it" featurette (1:52)
- "British Cinema in the 1960s: Richard Lester in Conversation" (56:17)
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes an 80 page illustrated book.
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OVERALL: Draw
Identical specs for the boxset disc and standalone 2009 re-issue disc, with the additional extras and LPCM audio.
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Warner Home Video - No cuts (103:40 NTSC).
- R2 Original Release United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (99:37 PAL).
- R2 Re-issue United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (99:32 PAL).
- R2 Woodfall - A Revolution in British Cinema United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (99:32 PAL).
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Comparison added by David on 24/03/03
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 26/05/18UPDATE LOG:
13/04/13 Added R1 and R2 UK re-issue
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26/05/18: Added UK Woodfall.
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