To Sir, With Love

Director: James Clavell James Clavell

Overview

"One of the 1960s' most beloved and endearing films, To Sir With Love is available on DVD through Columbia Classics. The DVD features the widescreen anamorphic (1:85:1) version of the film on one side and the full-screen (1:33:1) version on the other. Also included are scene selections as well as subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai. The included booklet has brief production notes. Other bonus features include detailed talent files on director James Clavell and the film's star, Sidney Poitier, who was at the height of his popularity at the time of the film's release, plus the film's trailer, as well as bonus trailers for the Poitier A Raisin in the Sun, Buck and the Preacher, and Brother John. The only thing missing from this otherwise fine DVD is some mention of the film's other interesting actors, especially Lulu, who scored one of the biggest hits of the 1960s with the film's timeless title song."

Product Details

Release Date:	02/01/2000
UPC:	0043396032965
Original Release:	1967
Rating:	NR
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[monaural]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00

Special Features

Digitally remastered audio & video; Production notes; Interactive menus; Audio: English [mono]; Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; Talent files; Theatrical trailer; Bonus trailers; Scene selections

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sidney Poitier	Mark Thackeray
Judy Geeson	Pamela Dare
Christian Roberts	Denham
Suzy Kendall	Gillian Blanchard
Faith Brook	Mrs. Evans
Geoffrey Bayldon	Mr. Weston
Mona Bruce	Jose Dawes
Fiona Duncan	Miss Phillips
Cyril Shaps	Mr. Pinkus
Edward Burnham	Mr. Florian
Patricia Routledge	Miss Clinty Kittridge
Lulu	Barbara Pegg
Gareth Robinson	Tich Jackson
Grahame Charles	Fernman
Roger Shepherd	'Fats' Buckley
Christopher Chittell	Potter
Marianne Stone	Gert
Adrienne Posta	Moira Jackson
Peter Attard	Ingham
Anthony Villaroel	Seales
Lynne Sue Moon	Wong
Michael Des Barres	Williams
Rita Webb	Mrs. Joseph
Ann Bell	Mrs. Dare
Fred Griffiths	Mr. Clark
Dervis Ward	Mr. Bell
Sally Cann	Actor
Albert Lampert	Actor
Chitra Neogy	Actor
Elna Pearl	Actor
Stewart Bevan	Actor
Carla Challoner	Actor
Joseph Cuby	Actor
Jane Peach	Jeanie Clarke
Margaret Heald	Actor
Ellison Kemp	Actor
Donita Shawe	Actor
Richard Willson	Curly
Sally Gosselin	Actor
Kevin Hubbard	Actor
Howard Knight	Actor
Stephen Whittaker	Actor
Sally James	Actor
Bonnie Lythgoe	Actor
Avis Bunnage	Rosie
Ron Grainer	Composer

Technical Credits

James Clavell

James Clavell	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
John R. Sloan	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

An enormous hit in its time, this relatively simple and sentimental story of a teacher's seemingly miraculous ability to change his unruly students for the better is sustained by Sidney Poitier's powerful performance. He stars as a Caribbean native who finds himself working in a rundown secondary school in London's tough East End. Quickly realizing that his rebellious students need to learn self-discipline and survival skills more than anything they can find in a book, he acts accordingly. There are few actors of the first rank who have so completely embodied integrity and strength of character as has Sidney Poitier, and it is through this combination of qualities that he almost makes one believe in the rather fanciful premise of the film. But, with the exception of Pamela (Judy Geeson), the script provides the students with little in the way of characterization, as well as insisting on the patronizing notion that good manners will provide the solution to most of their problems. While the young actors are reasonably adequate, they're badly overmatched in any scene with Poitier. His ability to bring a character vibrantly to life, with all the nuances of anger, tenderness, humor, and thought at his disposal, is reason enough to see this film.