Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(DVD)
Contributors
Thomas, Jeremy. Producer
Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013. Screenwriter
Mayersberg, Paul. Screenwriter
Bowie, David. Actor
Conti, Tom. Actor
Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013. Screenwriter
Mayersberg, Paul. Screenwriter
Bowie, David. Actor
Conti, Tom. Actor
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©2010.
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen.
ISBN
1604653159, 9781604653151
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) inserted in container.
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Headquarters Library - Adult Video | DVD DRAMA MER | Held |
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Library Partnership Branch - Adult Video | DVD DRAMA MER | In |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
Java (Indonesia) -- Drama.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Psychology -- Drama.
Van der Post, Laurens -- Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Indonesia -- Java -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
Java (Indonesia) -- Drama.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Psychology -- Drama.
Van der Post, Laurens -- Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Indonesia -- Java -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Biographical films
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Great Britain -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
Historical films
Indonesia -- Java -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCHqWPF3pdtjwvKRw6Kd
Van der Post, Laurens -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyRCwGK9vyCqd3tvbQDv3
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
War films
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Great Britain -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
Historical films
Indonesia -- Java -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCHqWPF3pdtjwvKRw6Kd
Van der Post, Laurens -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyRCwGK9vyCqd3tvbQDv3
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
War films
Other Subjects
Biographical films.
Feature films -- Great Britain.
Feature films -- Great Britain.
Feature films -- Japan.
Feature films -- Japan.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Foreign films.
Historical films -- Great Britain.
Historical films -- Great Britain.
Historical films -- Japan.
Historical films -- Japan.
Historical films.
Japanese language films.
Japanese language films.
Japanese language films.
Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
Motion pictures -- Japan.
Motion pictures -- Japan.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
War films -- Great Britain.
War films -- Great Britain.
War films -- Japan.
War films -- Japan.
War films.
Feature films -- Great Britain.
Feature films -- Great Britain.
Feature films -- Japan.
Feature films -- Japan.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Foreign films.
Historical films -- Great Britain.
Historical films -- Great Britain.
Historical films -- Japan.
Historical films -- Japan.
Historical films.
Japanese language films.
Japanese language films.
Japanese language films.
Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
Motion pictures -- Japan.
Motion pictures -- Japan.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
War films -- Great Britain.
War films -- Great Britain.
War films -- Japan.
War films -- Japan.
War films.
More Details
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©2010.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
ISBN
1604653159, 9781604653151
UPC
715515061919
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel "The seed and the sower" by Sir Laurens Van der Post.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Toichiro Narushima ; production designer, Jusho Toda ; music, Ryuichi Sakamoto ; editor, Tomoyo Oshima ; interpreter, Didi Dickson.
Participants/Performers
David Bowie (Celliers), Tom Conti (Lawrence), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Yonoi), Takeshi [Kitano] (Hara), Jack Thompson (Hicksley).
Description
In a Japanese prison camp on Java in 1942, two British officers, John Lawrence and Jack Celliers, encounter camp commander Yonoi and his sergeant Hara. Things had been going pretty well, until charismatic, rebellious Celliers arrived. Yonoi is a devotee of the samurai ideal; neither he nor Hara can understand the stoic way in which the British prisoners accept their situation of defeat. Lawrence speaks Japanese, and ceaselessly tries to mediate between the prisoners and their overseers, translating both the words and the values of the two races. Celliers' attitude, however, is more comprehensible to Yonoi. He and Celliers arrive at a sort of détente, based on an admiration for the other, but this eventually turns into a contest of wills as the camp's carefully nurtured equilibrium is destroyed.
System Details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital surround 2.0 stereo; widescreen presentation, preserving the 1.78:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for 16:9 televisions.
Language
In English and Japanese with optional subtitles in English.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Thomas, J., Ōshima, N., Mayersberg, P., Bowie, D., Conti, T., Sakamoto, R., Bīto Takeshi., Thompson, J., Lemle, M., & Van der Post, L. (2010). Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Widescreen.). Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jeremy. Thomas et al.. 2010. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jeremy. Thomas et al.. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Criterion Collection, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Thomas, Jeremy., et al. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Widescreen., Criterion Collection, 2010.
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