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Children's Film Foundation - Bumper Box: Volume 4

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Released: 27th February 2023. Had enough of the hideous here and now? Take a moment of me-time, turn off your phone and whizz back to analogue days with this effervescent assortment of retro-cinema corkers from the Children’s Film Foundation – Britain’s best-loved makers of quality children’s cinema for kids young and old, from the boxy blazered 1950s to the synthetic-fibred 1980s. This very British cinematic rabbit hole leads to a land of eccentric fun, silly scrapes and escapist thrills where you’ll encounter nine marvellous feature-length mini-masterpieces for kids, not to mention a sumptuous sideshow of unusually invigorating extras. So grab your outsize bag of sherbet lemons, crack open a Vimto and settle down for a terrific box-set binge to beat those modern-world blues! The Films: The Dog and the Diamonds (1953), The Stolen Airliner (1955), Blow Your Own Trumpet (1958), The Missing Note (1961), The Big Catch (1968), Blinker's Spy-Spotter (1972), The Flying Sorcerer (1973), Mr Selkie (1978), Gabrielle and the Doodleman (1984) Extras Five short films from the Children’s Film Foundation collection - Horsey hi-jinks and sneaky saddle-snappery in Stable Rivals, saggy socked seaside shenanigans in Swift Water, the Chiffy Kids meet Kenny ‘Dr Terror’s House of Horrors’ Lynch and Harry H ‘Steptoe and Son’ Corbett in Pot Luck and Alice the Chimp in The Big Kick, plus a reminder of pre-internet pastimes in Our Magazine No 4. A brand spanking new documentary by filmmaker and CFF aficionado Jason Gurr as he revisits some of the greatest ever locations used in the many productions Fully illustrated booklet featuring new writing by CFF expert Vic Pratt, recollections from Samantha Weysom (The Appointment) on her role in Mr Selkie and a CFF quiz by the BFI’s Trevona Thomson

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  • Details

    Released:
    27th February 2023
    Category:
    Children's & Family
    Studio:
    BFI
    Format:
    DVD Box Set
    Certification:
    Parental Guidance – General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
    Barcode:
    5035673021354
  • Description

    Had enough of the hideous here and now? Take a moment of me-time, turn off your phone and whizz back to analogue days with this effervescent assortment of retro-cinema corkers from the Children’s Film Foundation – Britain’s best-loved makers of quality children’s cinema for kids young and old, from the boxy blazered 1950s to the synthetic-fibred 1980s.

    This very British cinematic rabbit hole leads to a land of eccentric fun, silly scrapes and escapist thrills where you’ll encounter nine marvellous feature-length mini-masterpieces for kids, not to mention a sumptuous sideshow of unusually invigorating extras. So grab your outsize bag of sherbet lemons, crack open a Vimto and settle down for a terrific box-set binge to beat those modern-world blues!

    The Films:
    The Dog and the Diamonds (1953), The Stolen Airliner (1955), Blow Your Own Trumpet (1958), The Missing Note (1961), The Big Catch (1968), Blinker's Spy-Spotter (1972), The Flying Sorcerer (1973), Mr Selkie (1978), Gabrielle and the Doodleman (1984)

    Extras
    • Five short films from the Children’s Film Foundation collection - Horsey hi-jinks and sneaky saddle-snappery in Stable Rivals, saggy socked seaside shenanigans in Swift Water, the Chiffy Kids meet Kenny ‘Dr Terror’s House of Horrors’ Lynch and Harry H ‘Steptoe and Son’ Corbett in Pot Luck and Alice the Chimp in The Big Kick, plus a reminder of pre-internet pastimes in Our Magazine No 4.
    • A brand spanking new documentary by filmmaker and CFF aficionado Jason Gurr as he revisits some of the greatest ever locations used in the many productions
    • Fully illustrated booklet featuring new writing by CFF expert Vic Pratt, recollections from Samantha Weysom (The Appointment) on her role in Mr Selkie and a CFF quiz by the BFI’s Trevona Thomson
    Region Code:
    Region 2
    Duration:
    502 minutes
    Extras:
    Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Booklet, Documentaries: Location documentary by Jason Gurr (filmmaker), Short films: 'Stable Rivals' (1952), 'Swift Water' (1952), 'Pot Luck' (1976), 'The Great Snail Race' (1976), 'Our Magazine No. 4' (1952).
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