Leave her to heaven 1945 720p gene tierney, cornel. Brief encounter 1974 richard burton, sophia loren the world of burton. Brief encounter movie a story of the most precious moments in womans life. Its one of many taboos which audiences can explore without having to live through its challenges nor worry about its consequences. Brief encounter 1945 original trailer hd 1080p youtube. Derived from still life, a oneact play which coward included in the portmanteau tonight 8. Celia johnson was not looking forward to the fourweek location shoot at the railway station, but her opinion changed when they got there and the cast and crew developed a spirit of camaraderie. It had previously been available on blu only as part of the david lean directs noel coward box set. Brief encounter 1945 tt0037558 returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife laura jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor alec harvey. The plot of the film is about two strangers, both married to others, who meet in a railway station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.
Brief encounter grabs you from the start, with a chatterbox interrupting a man and a woman who are silently sitting together in the cafe of a train station, but were clearly in the middle of a. The original trailer in high definition of brief encounter directed by david lean and starring celia johnson, trevor howard, stanley holloway, joyce carey. Even in britain, i wonder how many people born since, say, 1975 would rate it so highly. Burkes parade, beaconsfield, buckinghamshire, englan boots alec runs into laura carnforth station, carnforth. Celia johnson trevor howard stanley holloway 1945 a married british woman celia johnson and a doctor trevor howard meet first at a train station, then fall in love but decide to part. Id seen various short clips, and gained an impression of the impossibly posh, clipped voices, the emotional repression and the strained nobility of behaviour. The protagonist is laura, a married woman with children, whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated following a chance meeting at a railway station with a married stranger with whom she subsequently falls in love. Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railroad station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair. Like many classics this film is simply constructed with all the elements in balance so that none stands out.
The film brief encounter has been much parodied and is often the butt of jokes, but when made in 1945 it broke new ground, not least the first non married couple to kiss in a british film. Mar 29, 2010 marital infidelity is a favorite subject in films. David leans third noel coward adaptation for cineguild has become one of the most popular romantic british films of all time, regularly appearing on lists of best films. Despite being set before world war 2 and reflecting the social upheaval of that time, brief encounter has, to modern audiences, also come to symbolise the difference in attitudes to adultery. Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. More than 70 years later, brief encounter remains intensely. Juventude filme legendado br\esp\en\ru by carbossa. Brief encounter is almost experimental in its subject ad structure. A story of the most precious moments in womans life at a railway station cafe, housewife laura jesson meets doctor alec harvey. But because it is a social ill, it tends to be viewed through an illicit. Brief encounter tells the story of strangers laura jesson celia johnson and dr. Noel cowards brief encounter returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife laura jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor alec harvey. What is surprising is the sympathy the film shows for.
The film, based on noel cowards play still life, was one of director david leans first great successes. And after the war coward teamed up with lean again, to transform his 1936 oneact play still life into the classic 1945 film brief encounter starring celia johnson and trevor howard. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. Based on noel cowards play still life, brief encounter is a romantic, bittersweet drama about two married people who meet by chance in a london railway stati. Brief encounter owes it all to one of the best talent in the english speaking world of the last century. Brief encounter adds a small but valuable gem to the lean filmography, depicting a doomed couples illicit connection with affecting sensitivity and a pair of powerful performance. All the same, that perfectly describes brief encounter, david leans 1945 masterpiece of british restraint and repression, which criterion has at long last upgraded to a standalone bluray title. Alec harvey trevor howard whose lives are changed forever when they meet in a railway cafe in 1940s england. Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife laura jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor alec harvey. Brief encounter is a 1974 britishitalian television film starring richard burton and sophia loren, adapted from the play still life by noel coward. Download brief encounter 1945 720p bluray h264 aacrarbg or any other file from movies category. Brief encounter the current the criterion collection. Gallery of 20 movie poster and cover images for brief encounter 1945.
David leans brief encounter 1945 evening screening free. Oct 25, 2008 although id never seen brief encounter in full, i thought i knew what it would be like. After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor trevor howard and a suburban housewife celia johnson begin a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair. Brief encounter 1974 richard burton, sophia loren youtube. With its evocatively fogenshrouded setting, swooning rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances johnson was nominated for an oscar, this film, directed by david lean and based on noel cowards. Brief encounter 1945 youtube meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. Caesar and cleopatra 1945 starring claude rains, vivien leigh. Between scenes, she usually played poker with the crew or worked a crossword puzzle. Drawing on the characteristic wit and musicality of kneehigh, emma rice, former joint artistic director of the company, has adapted cowards classic 1945 screenplay, and the oneact play still life on which it was based, into a richly theatrical, imaginative and vibrant. Brief encounter celia johnson trevor howard stanley holloway 1945 a married british woman celia johnson and a doctor trevor howard meet first at a train station, then fall in love but decide to part. Brief encounter is most certainly to be and remain to be one of britains great cinema films. Still narrating in her flashback in her imagined confession, laura celia johnson feels contrition if no shame over her visit with new friend alec, arriving to discover an emergency at home, husband fred cyril raymond helping her through, in david leans brief encounter, 1945. For the month of february, heritage house proudly presents david leans brief encounter recently voted the single most romantic film of all time returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife laura jesson celia johnson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor alec harvey trevor howard. One thrilling night aka horace takes over 1942 full movie.
Brief encounter, filmed during the last months of the war, is a tale of forbidden love and doing the right thing in an era of british stiff upper lips and high moral standards, and it is 70 years old. Both celia johnson and trevor howard were touchingly effective as the starstruck lovers laura and alec who knew that their affair was doomed from the start and just had to accept what fate had handed them. So perfectly judged, beautifully written and well acted. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Id also seen the scene in alan bennetts the history boys which gently mocks. It looks like theatre in its defining elements, but its in essential and basic structure like this, where you must move within a very small room, that you can prove to be a great director. The story of unconsummated middleclass adultery began life as a oneact play, still life, in the compilation tonight at 8. A housewife and married doctor carry out a secret affair in this classic romance. The emotional and social tumult that comes with it always provides filmmakers and actors with complex and often fiery material to work with.
Check here english if you are not a hdcenter premium member, you cannot see premium links. David leans remarkably intimate portrait of a married woman whose brief encounter with a stranger becomes a short lived love affair is a work of heartbreaking restraint. The truth about brief encounter, she had no teeth and he. The original trailer in high definition of brief encounter directed by david lean and starring celia johnson, trevor howard, stanley holloway. Cry of the werewolf 1944 film full movie classic horror by horace mah. Definitely one of the most sensitive films ever made about a relationship, and perfectly adaptable as an early example of a gay or forbidden love story written as a heterosexual drama.
Sentimental yet downtoearth and set in preworld war ii england, the film follows british housewife laura jesson celia johnson, who is on. Brief encounter 1945 criterion collection 1080p bluray. Opening scenes, godby stanley holloway working bar girl myrtle joyce carey, dolly everley gregg intruding on laura celia johnson and alec trevor howard who, director david lean will reveal, are in a desperate private moment, from brief encounter, 1945. Brief encounter 1945 criterion collection 1080p bluray avc lpcm 1. The collection features the shooting scripts for each film alongside contextual notes for each play, and a general introduction, by barry day. Digs deep into the pain and heartache felt by its main character, creating an unforgettable portrait of middle class discontent in postwar britain. Sentimental yet downtoearth and set in preworld war ii england, the film follows british housewife laura jesson celia johnson, who is on her way home, but catches a cinder in her eye. The film quivers with pentup emotion in a way that must have been even more potent on its release in 1945 just months after the end of world war ii than it is. Brief encounter david lean legendado 1945 hd youtube. Download brief encounter 1945 720p bluray h264 aacrarbg.
As part of his tonight at eight theater work, this one act play, still life was turned by its author and david lean into what we know as brief encounter, a bittersweet account of two lovers, doomed from the start. Brief encounter is a 1945 british romantic drama film, directed by david lean, about a passionate extramarital affair in prewwii england. Brief encounter 1945 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Noel cowards brief encounter is remembered as one of the most haunting love stories on screen ever. Caesar and cleopatra 1945 starring claude rains, vivien leigh full movie by retrospective. He earned his first oscar nominations for writing and directing brief encounter 1945, a big screen version of cowards play about two. David lean adapts noel cowards heartbreaking tale of two ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary power of love. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and. Despite being set before world war 2 and reflecting the social upheaval of that time, brief encounter has, to modern audiences, also come to. Oct 16, 2010 in how many other countries would a poll pick brief encounter as the best movie romance of all time. This collection brings together three of cowards most important screenplays in which we serve 1942, brief encounter 1945 and the astonished heart 1950.