Things to come
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Interplanetary voyages -- Drama.
Science fiction films.
War -- Drama.

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Format
DVD
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([22] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Language
English
ISBN
9781604657357 (pkg.), 1604657359 (pkg.)
UPC
715515107013
Notes
Other Title
H.G. Wells' Things to come.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
General Note
Special features: New high-definiton digital film restoration; Audio commentary featuring film historian and writer David Kalat; Christopher Frayling on the design (interview with writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling); Bruce Eder on the score (film historian Bruce Eder on Arthur Bliss's musical score); László Moholy-Nagy (unused footage by special effects artist Moholy-Nagy); The wandering sickness (audio recording from 1936 of a reading from H.G. Wells's writing). Booklet features an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.
Creation/Production Credits
Settings designed by Vincent Korda ; photography by Georges Perinal ; music specially composed by Arthur Bliss ; musical director, Muir Mathieson ; costumes designed by John Armstrong, Rene Hubert and the Marchioness of Queensberry [Cathleen Mann] ; film editors, Charles Crichton & Francis Lyon.
Participants/Performers
Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Maurice Braddell, Sophie Stewart, Derrick DeMarney, Ann Todd, Pearl Argyle, Kenneth Villiers, Ivan Brandt, Anne McLaren, Patricia Hilliard, Charles Carson.
Description
Takes the viewer on a hundred-year time trip to 2036 A.D. when a man and a woman are rocketed to the moon.
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; PCM mono; 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
Language
English dialogue; English subtitles.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Korda, A., Menzies, W. C., Massey, R., Chapman, E., Richardson, R., Scott, M., Hardwicke, C., Braddell, M., Stewart, S., De Marney, D., Todd, A., Argyle, P., Villiers, K., Brandt, I., McLaren, A., Hilliard, P., Carson, C., Korda, V., Périnal, G., Bliss, A., Mathieson, M., Armstrong, J., Hubert, R., Mann, C., Crichton, C., Lyon, F. D., Kalat, D., Frayling, C., Eder, B., Moholy-Nagy, L., O'Brien, G., & Wells, H. G. 1. (2013). Things to come. (Special ed). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Alexander Korda et al.. 2013. Things to Come. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Alexander Korda et al.. Things to Come. Criterion Collection, 2013.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Korda, A., Menzies, W. C., Massey, R., Chapman, E., Richardson, R., Scott, M. and Hardwicke, C. et al (2013). Things to come. Special ed [Irvington, NY]: Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Korda, Alexander, et al. Things to Come. Special ed, Criterion Collection, 2013.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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