Format:
Video disc
Title:
Mrs. Miniver
Other title(s):
Misses Miniver
ISBN:
9780790746647
9782569519629
Edition:
Standard version.
Publication Information:
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2004]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
Based on the novel by Jan Struther.
Special features : Greer Garson Academy Award footage; photo gallery; MGM shorts; theatrical trailer.
Contents:
Credits and foreword -- Nice things -- A rose by her name -- Pricey purchases -- Lucky people -- Oxford enlightenment -- Carol's request, Vin's protest -- Wonderful evening -- Eye contact -- At war -- Good luck, Horace -- Sirens, milady -- Lights out -- Ready for real -- Vin called to duty -- Signal from the sky -- Clem called to duty -- Destination Dunkirk -- Their comfort -- The enemy -- The same thing here -- Homecomings -- Trading war stories -- Lady Beldon calls -- Bomb shelter -- Time enough for tears -- Flower show -- Challenge Cup winner -- Plane crash -- Air-raid casualty -- Our war -- Cast list.
Summary:
The story of a middle-class British family and their struggle to survive during WWII. Mrs. Miniver nobly tends her rose garden while her stalwart husband participates in the evacuation at Dunkirk. She personafies grace under pressure as the Miniver family huddles in their bomb shelter during a Luftwaffe attack, while she is forced to confront a downed Nazi paratrooper in her kitchen, and while she is preparing for her annual flower show despite the exigencies of bombing raids. Even the vicars climactic call to arms from the pulpit of his ruined church seems to bring out the best in people.
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