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  • DVD Release Date: 01/06/2009
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Closed Caption; ; A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway To Heaven); ; Director Martin Scorsese on A Matter Of Life and Death; Commentary by Historian Ian Christie; ; Age of Content - Director Martin Scorsese on Age of Content; ; Commentary with Historian Kent Jones; Making of Age of Content; Helen Mirren: A Conversation With Cora; Down Under with Ron and Valerie Taylor

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Disc #1 -- A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway To Heaven)
1. Chapter 1 [2:29]
2. Chapter 2 [2:32]
3. Chapter 3 [6:03]
4. Chapter 4 [5:30]
5. Chapter 5 [5:37]
6. Chapter 6 [2:28]
7. Chapter 7 [8:51]
8. Chapter 8 [4:02]
9. Chapter 9 [2:08]
10. Chapter 10 [6:17]
11. Chapter 11 [4:17]
12. Chapter 12 [4:16]
13. Chapter 13 [2:03]
14. Chapter 14 [2:39]
15. Chapter 15 [3:21]
16. Chapter 16 [2:11]
17. Chapter 17 [1:40]
18. Chapter 18 [2:01]
19. Chapter 19 [1:31]
20. Chapter 20 [2:11]
21. Chapter 21 [4:19]
22. Chapter 22 [3:05]
23. Chapter 23 [6:07]
24. Chapter 24 [7:23]
25. Chapter 25 [2:32]
26. Chapter 26 [4:46]
27. Chapter 27 [1:59]
28. Chapter 28 [1:36]
Disc #2 -- Age Of Consent
1. Chapter 1 [3:19]
2. Chapter 2 [4:18]
3. Chapter 3 [1:38]
4. Chapter 4 [3:12]
5. Chapter 5 [2:38]
6. Chapter 6 [5:09]
7. Chapter 7 [3:27]
8. Chapter 8 [3:53]
9. Chapter 9 [5:15]
10. Chapter 10 [4:49]
11. Chapter 11 [5:06]
12. Chapter 12 [3:31]
13. Chapter 13 [4:49]
14. Chapter 14 [:44]
15. Chapter 15 [5:22]
16. Chapter 16 [1:52]
17. Chapter 17 [3:25]
18. Chapter 18 [4:57]
19. Chapter 19 [2:41]
20. Chapter 20 [5:45]
21. Chapter 21 [4:40]
22. Chapter 22 [3:42]
23. Chapter 23 [3:57]
24. Chapter 24 [4:36]
25. Chapter 25 [3:11]
26. Chapter 26 [4:40]
27. Chapter 27 [3:14]
28. Chapter 28 [2:22]

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In Age of Consent, James Mason is Bradley Morahan, an Australian artist far away from home and trying to prod his muse in the bowels of New York City. Disgusted with life in the big city, Bradley decides to return to his roots and heads back home to Australia. Once there, he decides to become a Gauguin primitive and sets up shop on a deserted island on the Great Barrier Reef. To his disappointment, however, he discovers the island is populated by a drunken old harridan (Neva Carr-Glyn) and her attractive granddaughter Cora (Helen Mirren). One look at Cora, and Bradley excitedly begins to mix his pigments, offering Cora a job as his model. Soon enough, Cora goes native and poses for Bradley in the raw. Love is, of course, in the air. But just as things seem to being going fine in every way, Bradley's old friend Nat (Jack MacGowran) appears on the island out of the blue and proceeds to rob Bradley blind. Barely recovered from the theft, Bradley must also deal with an irate grandma, who discovers that Cora has been posing nude for Bradley and has been keeping her earnings hidden from granny. Bradley's island paradise is shattered and he finds he has to deal with an old woman threatening to turn him in to the authorities for having a minor pose naked before him and his easel. The character of Morahan was based on real-life Bohemian artist Norman Lindsay, who later became the subject of John Duigan's Sirens (1994). Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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A wonderful romanceby Anonymous

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March 16, 2009: I gave this movie to someone as a gift and they absolutely loved it. A good movie for true romatics.

Lines between real and unreal are never clearby Samcruso

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March 02, 2009: Michael Powell was an amazing artist - both with and without the presence of Emeric Pressburger. That partnership worked in mysterious ways that neither man attempted to explain. Their achievements in cinema are the stuff of legend and include a number of powerful films that critics and directors list among their favorites ... Black Narcissus, I Know Where I'm Going!, A Canterbury Tale, The Red Shoes. I'll stop there. A Matter of Life and Death (1946), part one of this double feature package from Sony Pictures, is one of Powell and Pressburger's finest efforts. It's an amazing story that has many possible interpretations. If you love the cinema, this is a necessary film to see. The look and sound of this DVD presentation - for the first time available in Region 1 - is extraordinary, given the fact that the film's age. There's a solid commentary by Ian Christie, a true authority on the works of Michael Powell, and an introduction by Martin Scorsese. A Matter of Life and Death, released in the U.S. as Stairway to Heaven, stars David Niven, Kim Hunter, and Roger Livesey.

Age of Consent (1969), Powell's last major work, and a work that does not include the presence of Pressburger, stars James Mason (who also co-produced) as an artist struggling with his art, and Helen Mirren as his muse. Mirren gives an astonishing performance. The film is, perhaps, Powell's own view of his role as artist - an area he has explored before: The Red Shoes and Peeping Tom. While certainly not on the level of A Matter of Life and Death, Age of Consent is an enjoyable work, absolutely in step with its time. Extras here include a dry though informative commentary by Kent Jones, an introduction by Scorsese, and several fine mini-features: Making of Age of Consent; Helen Mirren: A Conversation; and Down Under with Ron and Valerie Taylor.

Simply put - A Matter of Life and Death makes this DVD package an absolute must own.

I Also Recommend: Black Narcissus, I Know Where I'm Going!, A Canterbury Tale, Hour of Glory, Michael Powell: International Perspectives on an English Film-maker.