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Gone To Earth [1950]

Starring: Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack, Sybil Thorndike, Edward Chapman
Director: Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell
Format: PAL
Released: 27 Aug 2001
RRP: £12.99
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A Mary Webb classic brought to the silver screen! - By: FAMOUS NAME, 01 Jan 2008

'Gone To Earth' is a sumptuous film done in glorious Technicolor - a story based upon the novel from the great writer from Shropshire Mary Webb.

Mary Webb wrote some fabulous stories with some wonderfully colourful eccentric characters. This film is a true & accurate interpretation of the said novel, with great camera work & some great acting. An entertaining film that sees Hugh Griffith in one of his best roles as the alll-protecting servant of the womanising Squire, & Cyril Cusack is the kind & gentle Parson who eventuallly wins his wife back from the red-blooded Mr. Redding.

For those of you unfamiliar with the book & film - be prepared for a shock ending!

N. B. DVD 'bonus' features includes footage from 'behind the scenes' of the making of the film.
Wonderful, beautiful film - By: D'log, 17 Jan 2005
This review contains no plot spoilers.

A magnificent acheivement by Powell & Pressburger, full of the mysterious atmosphere of the Welsh Marches. Sadly, it was butchered before release - just 35 minutes remained in the 1950 cinema release. This DVD is the full 110 minute restored version, & the DVD transfer is superb for a film of this age. The audio is also excellent. There are even good extras, rare in a budget British DVD.

The outdoor shots are superb, & thankfully there are only a few seconds of back-projection here & there. If you like P&P's work (I Know Where I'm Going, Colonel Blimp, A Canterbury Tale), then you'll love this. Also a 'must' for Kilvert's Diary lovers.

It seems the DVD pack designer was just handed a few old black & white film stills & didn't even watch the film. This is because the front image & the rear three stills are alll in black & white! It would be a shame if this put off potential viewers - as it's actuallly in georgeous, subtle technicolour.

The only (slight) let down is the sharpness & suddenness of the ending. Buy & enjoy!

British Film at its best - By: Mr. Patrick Porter, 22 Sep 2004
All Powell & Pressburgers' films have a magic about them that delights us. "Gone to Earth" is one of their finest as it centres on our relationship with the landscape around us. We follow the heroine through her courtships knowing that her real love is the world she inhabits rather than people. This alllows P & P to follow some familiar paths as they introduce us to a range of eccentric, thoroughly British charchters, who both shock & amuse the Gypsy girl & ultimately cause her destruction. P & P make the familiar British landscape haunting & magical. Not to be missed.