Underground (1928) ( Under ground )

Underground (1928) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: Under ground
Language Selections:
Silent ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Silent ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Silent ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Silent ( DTS 5.1 )
Silent ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

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

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Production Notes
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1928 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Anthony Asquith

Written By:
Anthony Asquith

Actors:
Brian Aherne ..... Bill
Elissa Landi ..... Nell
Cyril McLaglen ..... Bert, Power station worker
Norah Baring ..... Kate, Seamstress

Synopsis:

Introduced as a 'story of ordinary people', Anthony Asquith's Underground masterfully balances the light and dark sides of city life to evoke the daily existence of the average Londoner better than any other film from Britain's silent canon. The BFI National Archive has restored the film using the latest photochemical and digital techniques and present it here with a newly commissioned score by Neil Brand.
Special Features:
Feature presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
Newly commissioned score by Neil Brand presented in 5.1 and 2.0
Alternative score by Chris Watson
Restoring Underground (2009,9 mins): featurette on the restoration
The Premier and His Little Son (1909-12, 1 min): previously unseen footage of Anthony Asquith as a child
A Trip on the Metropolitan Railway (1910, 13 mins, DVD only)
Scenes at Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner (1930-32, 6 mins, DVD only)
Seven More Stations (1948, 12 mins, DVD only): a film about the expansion of the Central Line beyond Stratford
Under Night Streets (1958, 20 mins): a documentary about the tube's nightshift workers
Illustrated booklet featuring film notes and new essays by Christian Wolmar and Neil Brand

British silent movie from writer-director Anthony Asquith. Set in 1920s London, the story follows two men, Bill (Brian Aherne) and Bert (Cyril McLaglen), who fall for the same woman, Nell (Elissa Landi), after they encounter her on the Underground. Bill wins her affections but Bert has a nasty streak and is unwilling to let Nell's rejection go.

A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men - gentle Bill and brash Bert - meet and are attracted to the same woman on the same day at the same Underground station. But the lady chooses Bill, and Bert isn't the type to take rejection lightly...

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 10 December, 2015.