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Deep end /

15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent of stalking both her and her fiancé. Mike becomes in...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Deep end (Motion picture : 1970)
Main Authors: Skolimowski, Jerzy (Author, Director, Actor), Gruza, Jerzy (Author), Sulik, Boleslaw (Author)
Corporate Authors: Maran-Film (Producer), Kettledrum Productions (Producer), Bavaria Film International (Firm), British Film Institute
Other Authors: Asher, Jane (Actor), Moulder-Brown, John (Actor), Vogler, Karl Michael, 1928-2009 (Actor), Sandford, Christopher, 1939- (Actor), Dors, Diana (Actor), Jedele, Helmut (Producer)
Format: Video DVD Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Published: London : BFI Video, [2011]
Edition:Dual format ed.
Series:BFI flipside ; 019
Subjects:
First loves > Drama.
Adolescence > Drama.
Compulsive behavior > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Comedy films.
Foreign films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, German.
Motion pictures, British.
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Summary:15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent of stalking both her and her fiancé. Mike becomes increasingly desperate to have Susan for himself, with tragic results."--Container.
Item Description:Edition includes DVD and Blu-ray versions of the same film (91 min.).
DVD and Blu-ray release of the 1970 motion picture.
Booklet housed with Blu-ray.
Booklet (23 pages: col. ill.) with essays in English inserted in container.
Special features include: a comprehensive documentary Starting out: the making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep end (74 min.); a documentary short Deep end: the deleted scenes (12 min.); a short documentary CareIess love (10 min.) directed by Francine Winham in 1976; original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD-9, PAL; PCM mono audio (feature) and Dolby Digital (Extras) sound formats.
Blu-ray disc, BD50; 1080p, 24 fps; aspect ratio: 1.85:1; PCM mono audio; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:BBFC rating: 15 (Contains sexualised nudity).
Production Credits:Director of photography, Charly Steinberger; editor, Barrie Vince; music, Cat Stevens and the Can.