Synopsis
Criterion presents four classic literary adaptations together in a single set at a special price.
Collector's set includes
Great Expectations
David Lean, 1946
One of the great translations of literature into film, David Lean’s Great Expectations brings Charles Dickens’s masterpiece to robust on-screen life.
Lord of the Flies
Peter Brook, 1963
William Golding’s classic fable, about a swarm of young boys who, without adult supervision, devolve into chaos after crash landing on a remote island during wartime, becomes an unforgettable work of cinematic horror by Peter Brook.
The Most Dangerous Game
Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel, 1932
One of the best and most literate movies from the great days of horror, The Most Dangerous Game stars Leslie Banks as a big-game hunter with a taste for the world’s most exotic prey—his houseguests.
Oliver Twist
David Lean, 1948
An orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home in David Lean’s rendition of Dickens’s classic tale.
