Winstanley (DVD & Blu-Ray)

Winstanley (Blu-Ray) (*)

$33.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Kevin Brownlow

Written By:
Kevin Brownlow
David Caute

Actors:
Miles Halliwell ..... Gerrard Winstanley
Jerome Willis ..... General Lord Fairfax
Terry Higgins ..... Tom Haydon
Phil Oliver ..... Will Everard
David Bramley ..... Parson Platt
Alison Halliwell ..... Mrs. Platt
Dawson France ..... Capt. Gladman
Bill Petch ..... Henry Bickerstaffe
Barry Shaw ..... Colonel Rich
Sid Rawle ..... Ranter
George Hawkins ..... John Coulton
Stanley Reed ..... Recorder
Philip Stearns ..... Francis Drake
Flora Skrine ..... Mrs. Drake
George Barratt

Synopsis:

1649. With poverty and unrest sweeping England, a group of impoverished men and women, the Diggers, form a settlement on St George's Hill, Surrey. Inspired by the visionary leadership of Gerrard Winstanley, they attempt to assert their right to cultivate and share the wealth of the common land. 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.

Winstanley is the dramatized history of a Reformation-era religious sect called the Diggers. A nonviolent aggregation, the Diggers are devoted to tilling the soil that has been neglected by the British bluebloods. It isn't long before the landowners send their minions to burn out and kill the Diggers. Miles Halliwell heads the cast as Winstanley, the leader of the movement. Winstanley was directed by film historian/preservationist Kevin Brownlow and documentary maker Andrew Mollo, who redeploy the same documentary technique that they'd utilized on their classic 1964 film It Happened Here. The script, also by Brownlow and Mollo, was adapted from Comrade Jacob, a novel by David Caute

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 July, 2012.