Winstanley /
April 1, 1649. St. George's Hill, Surrey, England. A reformation-era religious sect called the Diggers sets out to form a commune and till the soil on "common land," which by law permits grazing, but not settlement and cultivation. Led by Gerard Winstanley, theirs is a nonviolent acti...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Chatsworth, Calif. :
Milestone Film & Video : Image Entertainment,
[1999]
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| Edition: | Collector's ed. |
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| Summary: | April 1, 1649. St. George's Hill, Surrey, England. A reformation-era religious sect called the Diggers sets out to form a commune and till the soil on "common land," which by law permits grazing, but not settlement and cultivation. Led by Gerard Winstanley, theirs is a nonviolent action to reclaim land for the poor who have been dispossessed by Oliver Cromwell's recent Civil War. But the local villagers see the Diggers as a threat to their livelihood and, led by the Presbyterian parson, John Platt, take violent action to harass and burn them out. |
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| Item Description: | Videodisc release of the 1975 motion picture. Based on the book by David Caute. Special features : the documentary featurette: It happened here again, about the mkaing of Winstanley. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (92, 49 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; Dolby digital. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Ernest Vincze ; editor, Sarah Ellis ; art, Andrew Mollo ; music, Sergei Prokofiev. |