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Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, shows how a disaffected teenager finds her way amid the economic desperation of industrial Manchester, and despite an absent, self-absorbed mother. With its unapologetic identification with social outcasts and its sensitive, modern approach t...

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Uniform Title:Taste of honey (Motion picture : 1961)
Other Authors: Richardson, Tony, 1928-1991 (Screenwriter), Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011 (Screenwriter), Lassally, Walter, 1926-2017 (director of photography.), Addison, John, 1920-1998 (composer (expression)), Devine, Sophie, 1901- (Costume designer), Gillett, Barbara (Costume designer), Bryan, Dora (Actor), Stephens, Robert, 1931-1995 (Actor), Tushingham, Rita, 1942- (Actor), Melvin, Murray, 1932- (Actor), Danquah, Paul, 1925-2015 (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional English closed-captions.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [1961]
Subjects:
Teenage girls > England > Manchester > Drama.
Dysfunctional families > England > Manchester > Drama.
Mothers and daughters > Drama.
Interracial dating > Drama.
Manchester (England) > Social conditions > Drama.
Teenage girls
Social conditions
Mothers and daughters
Dysfunctional families
Interracial dating
England > Manchester
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Social problem films
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Drama
Feature films
Social problem films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films sociaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, shows how a disaffected teenager finds her way amid the economic desperation of industrial Manchester, and despite an absent, self-absorbed mother. With its unapologetic identification with social outcasts and its sensitive, modern approach to matters of sexuality and race, a classic that is still a startling benchmark work of realism.
Item Description:Adapted from the play by Shelagh Delaney.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (100 min.)) : sound, black and white.
Production Credits:Music, John Addison ; art director, Ralph Brinton ; director of photography, Walter Lasally ; editor, Antony Gibbs ; wardrobe, Sophie Devine, Barbara Gillett.