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Four quartets / BBC, Kino Lorber, West End FIlms, Lone Star, T.S. Eliot Foundation in association with Amoeba Film, Lonely Dragon, The Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Royal & Derngate Northampton Films ; a Lone Star production by permission of the T.S. Eliot estate and Faber & Faber ; a film by Sophie Fiennes of the original stage production.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K26333 | Kino LorberLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2023]Description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • At head of title : T. S. Eliot's
  • 4 quartets
Related works:
  • Stage adaptation of (work): Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965. Four quartets
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Stage production directed by Sophie Fiennes.
Cast: Ralph Fiennes.Summary: During the early days of COVID, the Oscar nominee set himself the challenge of committing Four Quartets to memory, and in 2021 he brought it to the London stage followed by a tour of theaters across the UK. Written by Nobel Prize winner Eliot in the shadow of the Second World War, the poem is a searching examination of who and what we are. This celebrated meditation on human experience, time, and the divine offers up questions, imagery, and emotions that bear a powerful relevance to our present day.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD New DRAMA FOUR QUA Checked out 05/31/2024 33111009999869
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

During the early days of COVID-19, Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes set himself the challenge of committing Four Quartets to memory, and in 2021 he brought it to the London stage followed by a tour of theaters across the UK. Written by Nobel Prize winner Eliot in the shadow of World War II, the poem is a searching examination of who and what we are. This celebrated meditation on human experience, time, and the divine offers up questions, imagery, and emotions that bear a powerful relevance to our present day.

DVD, 1.33:1 (standard fullscreen) and 1.78:1 (widescreen), 16x9 ; 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo ; region 1 ; NTSC.

English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Title from disc surface.

Ralph Fiennes.

Stage production directed by Sophie Fiennes.

Based on the poem by T. S. Elliot

Originally released in 2022.

Full screen (1.33:1) and wide screen (1.78:1)

During the early days of COVID, the Oscar nominee set himself the challenge of committing Four Quartets to memory, and in 2021 he brought it to the London stage followed by a tour of theaters across the UK. Written by Nobel Prize winner Eliot in the shadow of the Second World War, the poem is a searching examination of who and what we are. This celebrated meditation on human experience, time, and the divine offers up questions, imagery, and emotions that bear a powerful relevance to our present day.

Bonus feature: Theatrical trailer; audio commentary by director Sophie Fiennes, moderated by writer Hari Kunzru.

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