| 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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