The Criterion Collection

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Description

In the 1940s, the wit of playwright Noel Coward (Design for Living) and the craft of filmmaker David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) melded harmoniously in one of cinema’s greatest writer-director collaborations. With the wartime military drama sensation In Which We Serve, Coward and Lean (along with producing partners Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan) embarked on a series of literate, socially engaged, and enormously entertaining pictures that ranged from domestic epic (This Happy Breed) to whimsical comedy (Blithe Spirit) to poignant romance (Brief Encounter). These films created a lasting testament to Coward’s artistic legacy and introduced Lean’s visionary talents to the world.

In Which We Serve In the midst of World War II, the renowned playwright Noel Coward engaged a young film editor named David Lean to help him realize his vision for an action drama about a group of Royal Navy sailors (roles that would be filled by Coward himself, Great Expectations’ Bernard Miles, and Ryan’s Daughter’s John Mills, among others) fighting the Germans in the Mediterranean. Coward and Lean ended up codirecting the large-scale project—an impressive undertaking, especially considering that neither of them had directed for the big screen before (this would be Coward’s only such credit). Cutting between a major naval battle and flashbacks to the men’s lives before they left home, In Which We Serve (an Oscar nominee for best picture) was a major breakthrough for both filmmakers and a sensitive and stirring piece of propaganda.

In Which We Serve: The new restoration was created in 4K resolution on an Oxberry 6400 liquid-gate scanner at Cineric, New York, from the original nitrate negative and sections of the nitrate fine-grain master.

Digital intermediate supervisors: Andrea Kalas, Kieron Webb/BFI National Archive, London.
Colorist: Daniel DeVincent/Cineric, New York.
Sound restoration: Richard Yeoman-Clark, Charles Fairall/BFI National Archive, London.

This Happy Breed: The new high-definition digital transfer was created at Technicolor Creative Services, London, on a Spirit Datacine from the restoration internegative, which was produced from the original YCM negatives.

Film restoration supervisor: Kieron Webb/BFI National Archive, London.
Color grader: Andrew Reid/Cineric, New York.
Telecine supervisor: Mark Stanborough/ITV, London.
Colorist: Dave Mason/Technicolor Creative Services/London.
Sound restoration: Richard Yeoman-Clark, Charles Fairall/BFI National Archive, London.

Blithe Spirit: This new high-definition digital transfer was created at Technicolor Creative Services, London, on a Spirit Datacine from the restoration internegative, which was produced from the original YCM negatives.

Film restoration supervisors: Andrea Kalas, Kieron Webb/BFI National Archive, London.
Color grader: Andrew Reid/Cineric, New York.
Telecine supervisor: Mark Stanborough/ITV, London.
Colorist: Dave Mason/Technicolor Creative Services, London.
Sound restoration: Richard Yeoman-Clark, Charles Fairall/BFI National Archive, London.

Brief Encounter: The new restoration was created in 4K resolution on a Spirit Datacine at Cineimage, London, from the best surviving duplicate safety negatives. Pixel Farm's PFClean was used for flicker correction.

Digital intermediate supervisors: Ben Thompson, Kieron Webb/BFI National Archive, London.
Colorist: Ray King/Cineimage, London.
Sounds restoration: Sound restoration: Richard Yeoman-Clark, Charles Fairall/BFI National Archive, London."