The Powell & Pressburger Pages Dedicated to the work of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and all the other people, both actors and technicians who helped them make those wonderful films. A lot of the documents have been sent to me or have come from other web sites. The name of the web site is given where known. If I have unintentionally included an image or document that is copyrighted or that I shouldn't have done then please email me and I'll remove it. I make no money from this site, it's purely for the love of the films. [Any comments are by me (Steve Crook) and other members of the email list]

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Screenings: Do you want to screen any P&P films? Park Circus hold the worldwide screening rights to many P&P films: The Red Shoes Black Narcissus A Matter of Life and Death The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp I Know Where I'm Going Canterbury Tale Battle of the River Plate The Fire Raisers I'll Met By Moonlight The Phantom Light Spy In Black Thief of Bagdad Red Ensign Age of Consent They're a Weird Mob

News Just In !!

The digitally restored print of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp continues on its world tour. As does the digitally restored print of The Red Shoes

• P&P related events & excursions
  • Anton Walbrook/Adolf Wohlbrück Star and Enigma
    Exeter; 6th March - 30th June 2013
  • I Know Where I'm Going! +
    A Matter of Life and Death +
    Black Narcissus +
    The Red Shoes
    Murcia, Spain; 20 May - 17 June 2013
  • A Matter of Life and Death +
    I Know Where I'm Going! +
    The Red Shoes +
    Black Narcissus
    Grandview Heights, OH; 3, 10, 17 & 24 June 2013
  • A Matter of Life and Death - on stage
    Click on the poster thumbnail (right) for the full sized poster
    Nunthorpe, Nr Middlesbrough; 11 - 15 June 2013
  • I Know Where I'm Going!
    Aberfeldy, Scotland; 16 June 2013
  • The Red Shoes
    Dublin, Ireland; 22 June & 25 August 2013
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    Mulhouse, France; 25 June 2013
  • The Red Shoes
    Bern, Switzerland; 25 June - 3 July
  • The Red Shoes
    Marseille, France; 26 June 2013
  • The Thief of Bagdad
    Besancon, France; 10 July 2013
  • The Red Shoes
    Williamsburg, NY; 27 August 2013
  • Black Narcissus
    NYC, NY; 31 August 2013
  • A Canterbury Tale
    Alton, Hants; 14 - 21 September 2013

• DVD & Blu-Ray - Recent releases
  • Emil and the Detectives - 1931 film co-written by Emeric Pressburger. DVD includes the German & English versions. Thanks Richard
    • Pre-order the DVD from Amazon.co.uk

  • Perfect Understanding - 1933 film starring Gloria Swanson & Laurence Olivier, written by Michael Powell & Miles Malleson. Announced as being released on DVD & Blu-ray from the Cohen Media Group from 4 June 2013. Thanks Paula
    • Buy the DVD from Amazon.com
    • Buy the Blu-Ray from Amazon.com

  • The Boy Who Turned Yellow - announced as being released on DVD from The Children's Film Foundation from 17th June
    • See article in The Guardian
    • Buy the DVD from Amazon.co.uk

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - on DVD & Blu-ray from Criterion
    • Buy the Blu-ray - from 19 March 2013
    • Buy the DVD - from 19 March 2013

  • The Small Back Room - on DVD from Studio Canal in France under the title La mort apprivoisée (Death tamed), thanks to Natacha for the notice
    • Buy the DVD - from 14 March 2013

  • The Thief of Bagdad - on Blu-ray from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
    • Buy the Blu-ray - from 15 November 2012

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - on Blu-ray from ITV Studios
    • Buy the Blu-ray - from 22 October 2012

  • The Spy in Black - on a region 2 DVD from Spirit Entertainment
    • Buy the DVD - from 20 February 2012

  • The Red Shoes - on French DVD & Blu-Ray from Carlotta DVD
    • Buy the DVD & Blu-Ray - from 9 November 2011

  • The Silver Fleet - first DVD release on region 1
    • Buy the DVD - from 15 November 2011
    • Leonard Matlin's review

  • Ill Met by Moonlight - first DVD release on region 1
    • Buy the DVD - from 16 August 2011

• Music from the films
  • Brian Easdale: Film Music (The Red Shoes / Battle Of The River Plate / Black Narcissus / Gone to Earth)
    On the Chandos label, recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with the BBC National Chorus of Wales conducted by Rumon Gamba and with Cynthia Millar as soloist on the Ondes Martenot on the music from The Red Shoes.
    These are new recordings, from the full original scores.
    • Buy the CD - Amazon.co.uk

• New Books
  • 'I Live Cinema' : The Life and Films of Michael Powell
    By James Howard
  • The Tales of Hoffmann
    By William Germano
    In the BFI Film Classics series
  • Powell and Pressburger: A Cinema of Magic Spaces
    By Andrew Moor
    Now published in paperback
  • Portraits: Fred Daniels
    By Nigel Arthur & Ewa Reeves, Fundacja Twarda Satuka, Warsaw, Poland
    The life and work of Archers' stills photographer Fred Daniels
  • Star of India: The Life and Films of Sabu
    By Philip Leibfried, BearManor Media, OK, USA
  • Michael Powell's Canterbury Tales
    By Paul Tritton, Parkers, Canterbury
  • Photogénie du désir: Michael Powell et Emeric Pressburger 1945-1950
    By Natacha Thiéry, Presse Universitaires de Rennes
  • Landscapes of dreams: The Cinema of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (Part 1)
    By George Darakhvelidze, Globe Press, Vinnitsa, Ukraine
  • A Matter of Life and Death: the Brain revealed by the Mind of Michael Powell
    By Diane Broadbent Friedman
    An expansion of Diane's earlier work exploring the medical aspects of AMOLAD

• Collecting signatures of P&P people
• Biography of Roger Livesey
  - recording some details about this great man
• Statues on a Stairway
  - sculptor of AMOLAD statues identified
• Michael Powell: Interviews
  - a book of interviews with Mr Powell
• A Woman of Paris
  - Michael Powell interviewed after seeing Chaplin's film
• Smith (1939)
  - Lost (or unknown) short film found

• Various campaigns to honour Powell & Pressburger and other Archers in various ways have been started.
  
  
• And what about some suggested remakes of the great films?
  From the tongue in cheek department

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Regular stuff

• First we have the FAQ - Powell & Pressburger email list Frequently Asked Questions
  • PnP FAQ - Section 0. The Main Rules
  • PnP FAQ - Section 1. The Email Group.
  • PnP FAQ - Section 2. Powell and Pressburger Information.
  • PnP FAQ - Section 3. Unanswered Questions.
  • PnP FAQ - Section 4. Campaigns
  • PnP FAQ - Section 5. British English
  
  
• Google Search of this web site
• A Simple Search of this web site
  
  
• The P&P quiz - no prizes, just to test your knowledge.
• Other P&P games, puzzles & fun stuff

• Then Why people like P&P - a few reasons from some group members and some more famous people.
• A few biographies and pictures of PnP Group Members.
  
  
• The Archers Manifesto Emeric explains why they were so special.
• References to P&P films in other works.
• What about the ones that were never made for one reason or another
• Still wanted after all these years. (items I'm still looking for)

• The Powell and Pressburger Appreciation Society (PAPAS) email list.
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Reviews and Articles

Some of the following are copies of various web sites I've found about Michael Powell & The Archers. I've copied them in here in case the real sites ever go away. (All original copyrights should be noted).

• Reviews and Articles
  
  
  • Emeric Pressburger - Master Storyteller
  • Michael Powell - the man himself

  • The Films

  • The People

  • Miscellaneous Articles

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Image Galleries:

Various images of posters, lobby cards, studio stills, portraits and many others

• Gallery of P&P images
  
  
  • The Films
  • The People

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Obituaries:

Obituaries of those Archers that are no longer with us
Includes information about grave sites and some visits to them.

• Obituaries for P&P people

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Locations & Trips:

• Locations used in the films

• Trips to various P&P related locations & events.

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Various other P&P connected stuff.

• P&P List Center
• Micky Powell on the IMDb
• Emeric Pressburger on the IMDb

• Site usage

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