The Chalk Garden (Region B, Limited Edition)

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Type: New Blu-Ray

(Ronald Neame, 1964)

Release date: 26 April 2021

Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK premiere)

 

Ronald Neame (The Odessa File) directs this stately adaptation of Enid Bagnold’s play which tells of a haughty matriarch (Edith Evans, The Whisperers) who employs a governess (Deborah Kerr, The Innocents) with a shadowy past to take care of her troubled teenage granddaughter (Hayley Mills, Take a Girl Like You, Endless Night), and her neglected garden. John Mills (Town on Trial, The Wrong Box) plays the butler who develops a soft spot for the governess, and navigates the fraught interpersonal relationships of the house. A hit with audiences upon its original release, The Chalk Garden benefits from a nuanced screenplay by the great John Michael Hayes (Rear Window) and tasteful photography by Arthur Ibbetson (Where Eagles Dare, Fanatic).

 

 

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

 

High Definition remaster

Original mono soundtrack

Audio commentary with film historians Lucy Bolton and Josephine Botting (2021)

The BEHP Interview with Ronald Neame (1991, 107 mins): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the acclaimed director in conversation with Roy Fowler

Fertile Ground (2021, 8 mins): assistant production accountant Maurice Landsberger remembers filming at Eastbourne

8mm Location Footage (1963, 1 min): excerpts from John Mills’ home movies shot at Beachy Head during production

Clever Conversation (2021, 22 mins): appreciation of Malcolm Arnold’s score by author and musician David Huckvale

Loved and Envied (2021, 11 mins): Josephine Botting on the life and career of Enid Bagnold

Original theatrical trailer

Image gallery: promotional and publicity material

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Limited edition exclusive 32-page booklet with a new essay by Melanie Williams, extracts from interviews and autobiographies, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits

UK premiere on Blu-ray

Limited edition of 3,000 copies

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