
Running Time:
10 hours, 21 minutes
Grade Level:
7 - Adult
AVP Release Date:
August 2002
Producer:
Blue Angel Films
19 Plays on 4 DVD Giftbox Set PLUS The Making of Beckett on Film project, a 52-minute documentary with behind-the scene footage PLUS a 40-page full-color book with background on all 19 plays. Beckett now available on DVD for the first time ever!
This acclaimed film project includes all 19 plays of Samuel Beckett, considered the most significant Irish playwright of the 20th century.
Many of these outstanding filmed productions have received critical acclaim at prestigious international film festivals around the world including New York, Toronto and Venice.
Beckett on Film has brought together some of the most noted directors and actors of our day including:
Distinguished directors Atom Egoyan, Damien Hirst, Neil Jordan, Conor McPherson, Damien O'Donnell, David Mamet, Anthony Minghella, Karel Reisz and Patricia Rozema;
With exceptional performances by Michael Gambon, the late Sir John Gielgud, John Hurt, Jeremy Irons, Julianne Moore, Harold Pinter, Alan Rickman and Kirsten Scott-Thomas.
THIS DVD DRAMA GIFT SET INCLUDES:
•Waiting for Godot (running time: 2 hours)
•Not I (running time: 14 minutes)
•Rough for Theatre I (running time: 20 minutes)
•Ohio Impromptu (running time: 12 minutes)
•Krapp's Last Tape (running time: 58 minutes)
•What Where (running time: 12 minutes)
•Footfalls (running time: 28 minutes)
•Come and Go (running time: 8 minutes)
•Act Without Words I (running time: 16 minutes)
•Happy Days (running time: 1 hour 19 minutes)
•Catastrophe (running time: 7 minutes)
•Rough for Theatre II (running time: 30 minutes)
•Breath (running time: 45 seconds)
•That Time (running time: 20 minutes)
•Endgame (running time: 1 hour 24 minutes)
•Act Without Words II (running time: 11 minutes)
•A Piece of Monologue (running time: 20 minutes)
•Play (running time: 16 minutes)
•Rockaby (running time: 14 minutes)
•Plus a 52 minute Documentary on the making of the Beckett on Film Project
*Widescreen
*Dolby Digital
*All Regions
*Color and Black & White
ON SALE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!
Reviews:
2003 PEABODY AWARD WINNER!
Entertainment Weekly, TOP 10 DVDS OF THE YEAR - December 2002
"Purists may quibble with the enterprise of committing canonized playwright Samuel Beckett's works to disc. But completists will salivate over the Gate Theatre of Dublin's mammoth trove, which includes all of Beckett's elliptical masterworks-from the familiar Waiting for Godot to the 45-second Breath-brought to life by filmakers (Neil Jordan, Atom Egoyan, Anthony Minghella) and actors (Jeremy Irons, Alan Rickman, Julianne Moore) of unimpeachable skill. Repeated viewings are recommended-though to guard against exploding-head syndrome, they should be interspersed with episodes of The Bachelor."
- Entertainment WeeklyRead More Reviews
Reviews:
2003 PEABODY AWARD WINNER!
Entertainment Weekly, TOP 10 DVDS OF THE YEAR - December 2002
"Purists may quibble with the enterprise of committing canonized playwright Samuel Beckett's works to disc. But completists will salivate over the Gate Theatre of Dublin's mammoth trove, which includes all of Beckett's elliptical masterworks-from the familiar Waiting for Godot to the 45-second Breath-brought to life by filmakers (Neil Jordan, Atom Egoyan, Anthony Minghella) and actors (Jeremy Irons, Alan Rickman, Julianne Moore) of unimpeachable skill. Repeated viewings are recommended-though to guard against exploding-head syndrome, they should be interspersed with episodes of The Bachelor."
- Entertainment WeeklyRated one of "The Best DVD'S of 2002" by the New York Times
"It's a fine year for theater on DVD...Now from Ambrose Video... come sets of Shakespeare and Beckett."
"Since no theatergoer has ever left a Beckett play without thinking, at least once, 'What was that?' the opportunity this collection provides to find out by repeated viewings makes it an utter treasure. A"
VIDEO STORE MAGAZINE - EDITOR'S PICKS
"The entire works of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett are delivered in a stunning four-disc collection."
- Ralph Tribbey, VIDEO STORE MAGAZINE








