DVD
The French lieutenant's woman
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
The narratives of a Victorian-era gentleman and the social outcast he risks everything to love are paralled with those of the contemporary actors playing those roles in a film production.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by John Fowles.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration ; new interviews with actors Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep, editor John Bloom, and composer Carl Davis ; new interview with film scholar Ian Christie ; episode of The South Bank Show from 1981 featuring director Karel Reisz, novelist John Fowles, and screenwriter Harold Pinter ; trailer.