A Taste of Honey [Criterion Collection]

A Taste of Honey [Criterion Collection]

Director: Tony Richardson Cast: John Addison
John Addison
, Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham
, Robert Stephens
Robert Stephens
, Dora Bryan
Dora Bryan
, Murray Melvin
Murray Melvin
, Paul Danquah
Paul Danquah
A Taste of Honey [Criterion Collection]

A Taste of Honey [Criterion Collection]

Director: Tony Richardson Cast: John Addison
John Addison
, Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham
, Robert Stephens
Robert Stephens
, Dora Bryan
Dora Bryan
, Murray Melvin
Murray Melvin
, Paul Danquah
Paul Danquah

DVD (Special Edition / Wide Screen / Restored / Subtitled)

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Overview

This film version of Shelagh Delaney's play follows the hopes and dreams of five people. Jo is the neglected 16-year-old daughter whose promiscuous mother marries a dandy. Jo gets pregnant after a tryst with a black cook, who leaves her over his impending responsibilities of fatherhood.

Product Details

Release Date: 08/23/2016
UPC: 0715515184816
Original Release: 1961
Rating: NR
Presentation: [B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:40:00
Sales rank: 42,795

Special Features

New interviews with actors Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin; Audio interview with direcor and coscreenwriter Tony Richardson from the 1962 Cannes Film Festival; Excerpt from a 1960 television interview with A Taste of Honey playwright Shelagh Delaney; Interview from 1998 with cinematographer Walter Lassally; Remaking British Theater: John Littlewood and "A Taste of Honey," a new piece about the film's stage origins, featuring an interview with theater scholar Kate Dorney; Momma Don't Allow (1956), a Free Camera short film by Richardson, shot by Lassally

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Rita Tushingham Josephine
Robert Stephens Peter Smith,Girls on Pier
Dora Bryan Helen
Murray Melvin Geoffrey Ingham
Paul Danquah Jimmy
David Boliver Bert
Moira Kaye Doris
Herbert Smith Shoe Shop Proprietor
Valerie Scarden Woman in Shoe Shop
Rosalie Scase Nurse
Veronica Howard Gladys
Jack Yarker Ship's Mate
Margo Cunningham Landlady
John Harrison Cave Attendant
A. Goodman Rag and Bone Man
Eunice Blalck Schoolteacher
Janet Rugg Girls on Pier
Jean Cadell Actor
Eunice Black School Mistress

Technical Credits
Shelagh Delaney Screenwriter
Tony Richardson Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- A Taste of Honey
1. "Couple Of Gypsies" [8:27]
2. A Night Out [4:46]
3. "I'm Not Just Talented, I'm Geniused" [5:20]
4. Sailor [3:59]
5. Proposal [7:02]
6. "Hello Daddy" [4:37]
7. Blackpool [5:57]
8. "What's The Matter?" [6:05]
9. "What Was My Father Like?" [6:23]
10. Geoffrey [5:51]
11. Making A Home [7:12]
12. "I'm An Extraordinary Person" [8:38]
13. The Clinic [5:24]
14. "The Famous Mother Love Act" [7:27]
15. By The River [2:30]
16. Helen Returns [4:44]
17. Bonfire Night [6:22]
1. Chapter 1 [21:09]
1. Chapter 1 [14:34]
2. Chapter 2 [:26]
Disc #2 -- A Taste of Honey
1. Chapter 1 [17:50]
2. Chapter 2 [:25]
1. Chapter 1 [18:10]
2. Chapter 2 [:26]
1. Chapter 1 [19:49]
1. Chapter 1 [21:03]
2. Chapter 2 [:25]
1. Chapter 1 [15:16]
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