How I Won the War

Synopsis

Lieutenant Goodbody enthusiastically leads his troops in a series of dreadful debacles on the battlefields of the Second World War, before receiving orders to install a cricket pitch behind enemy lines. A biting satire on the madness of war and a merciless lampoon of the popular war-movie genre. Surreal, farcical, strange and fantastically infused with life by Richard Lester’s sharp and stylish direction.
Special features:
-Animated Genesis (1952, 22 mins) and A Short Vision (1956, 7 mins): stylish, striking, outstanding anti-war animations.
-Head Rag Hop (1970, 3 mins): bold jazz-soundtracked Pop-art abstraction
- Plod (1971, 21 mins): long thought lost, this absurdist anti-authoritarian fusion of poetry and pop music was shot on the streets of Liverpool, and stars supreme sound-satirists The Scaffold
-Trailers From Hell: Allan Arkush on THE KNACK...and how to get it (1965/2014, 4 mins) and John Landis on The Bed Sitting Room (1969/2014, 4 mins)
-Richard Lester in Conversation with Steven Soderbergh (1999, 88 mins, audio only): the director discusses his career in an interview recorded at the NFT
-New feature commentary by Richard Lester authority Neil Sinyard
-Illustrated booklet with two new essays, film credits and notes on all the extras (first pressing only)

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of production

1967

Notes

Dual format (DVD and Blu-ray versions).

Subjects

Film studies; History

Keywords

British cinema; pacifism; war films

Credits

Director

Richard Lester

Contributor

John Lennon

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

PAL

Price

£19.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

111 minutes

Year

2019

Distributor

Name

BFI Video

Email

video.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7957 8957

Fax

020 7957 8968

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

 

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