Uniform Title |
Swallows and Amazons (Motion picture : 2016) |
Title |
Swallows and Amazons. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd., ©2017. |
©2016. |
Description |
1 DVD-video (93 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Sound Characteristics |
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Video Characteristics |
DVD PAL |
Digital File Characteristics |
video file DVD video region 4 |
Form of Work |
Motion picture |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : D92718. |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. |
Based on the book by Arthur Ransome. |
Special features : bringing a classic tale to life ; deleted scenes ; clappers ; sailing with the crew ; interviews with Kelly Macdonald, Andrea Gibb and Rafe Spall. |
Credits |
Producers, Nicholas Barton, Nick O'Hagan, Joe Oppenheimer ; director, Philippa Lowthorpe ; screenplay, Andrea Gibb. |
Performers |
Rafe Spall, Andrew Scott, Kelly Macdonald, Jessica Hynes, Harry Enfield, Dane Hughes, Orla Hill, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Bobby McCulloch, Seren Hawkes, Hannah Jayne Thorp. |
Summary |
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
System details |
DVD video, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, PAL, Region 4, anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1. |
Language note |
English dialogue, with optional English subtitles ; [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired], AD English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
Subjects |
Ransome, Arthur, -- 1884-1967 -- Film adaptations |
Amazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome) -- Drama |
Swallows (Fictitious characters) -- Drama |
Children -- Drama |
Battles -- Drama |
Islands -- Drama |
Boats and boating -- Drama |
Adventure and adventurers -- Drama |
Amazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome) -- Juvenile drama |
Swallows (Fictitious characters) -- Juvenile drama |
Children -- Juvenile drama |
Battles -- Juvenile drama |
Islands -- Juvenile drama |
Children -- Drama |
Amazons (Fictitious characters) -- Drama |
Swallows (Fictitious characters) -- Drama |
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
Feature films -- Great Britain |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Boats and boating -- Drama |
Battles -- Drama |
Islands -- Drama |
Adventure and adventurers -- Drama |
Swallows (Fictitious characters : Ransome) -- Drama |
Amazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome) -- Drama |
Action and adventure films |
Film adaptations |
Children's films |
Feature films |
Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Fiction films |
Action and adventure films |
Film adaptations |
Children's films |
Feature films |
Other Names |
Lowthorpe, Philippa director. |
Gibb, Andrea screenwriter. |
Barton, Nick producer. |
O'Hagan, Nick producer. |
Oppenheimer, Joe producer. |
Spall, Rafe, 1983- actor. |
Scott, Andrew, 1976 October 21- actor. |
Macdonald, Kelly, 1976- actor. |
Hynes, Jessica, 1972- actor. |
Enfield, Harry, 1961- actor. |
Hughes, Dane actor. |
Hill, Orla actor. |
McCulloch, Bobby actor. |
Hawkes, Seren actor. |
Thorp, Hannah Jayne actor. |
Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. Swallows and Amazons Motion picture adaptation of (work). |
Added Corporate Names |
Harbour Pictures production company. |
BBC Films production company. |
British Film Company (Funding) production company. |
Electric Shadow Company (United Kingdom) production company. |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Barton, Nick .
- BBC Films .
- British Film Company (Funding) .
- Electric Shadow Company (United Kingdom) .
- Enfield, Harry, 1961- .
- Gibb, Andrea .
- Harbour Pictures .
- Hawkes, Seren .
- Hill, Orla .
- Hughes, Dane .
- Hynes, Jessica, 1972- .
- Lowthorpe, Philippa .
- Macdonald, Kelly, 1976- .
- McCulloch, Bobby .
- O'Hagan, Nick .
- Oppenheimer, Joe .
- Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. Swallows and Amazons .
- Scott, Andrew, 1976 October 21- .
- Spall, Rafe, 1983- .
- Thorp, Hannah Jayne .
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