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Selznick also deleted several scenes that he felt had lacked dramatic impact, some of which were major plot points. In his autobiographies, Powell claimed that Selznick only left about 35 minutes of the original film and that everything else in the American version was shot by Mamoulian.
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Although he had been involved throughout the filming, Selznick disliked the finished film, and sued The Archers, Powell and Pressburger's production company, in order to change it. He lost the court case but discovered that he had the right to change the film for its American release.
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countryside in 1897. She loves and understands all of the wild animals more than she does the people around her. Whenever she has problems, she consults the book of spells and charms left to her by her
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review called the restored film "one of the great British regional films" and, according to Powell's cinematographer
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Local squire Jack Reddin sees Hazel and wants her, but she has already promised herself to the
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Selznick had the film reedited and some extra scenes shot in Hollywood under director
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Both versions of the film are now available in the U.S. on Blu-ray disc from
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and flooded the production with memos, most of which were ignored.
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minister Edward Marston. A struggle for her body and soul ensues.
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Emeric Pressburger: The Life and Death of a Screenwriter
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1950 British film by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
Gone to Earth
Mary Webb
Jennifer Jones
David Farrar
Cyril Cusack
Christopher Challis
Reginald Mills
Brian Easdale
Technicolor
The Archers
London Films
British Lion Films
Technicolor
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Jennifer Jones
David Farrar
Cyril Cusack
Esmond Knight
David O. Selznick
novel of the same name
Mary Webb
neo-romantic
Shropshire
gypsy
Baptist
Jennifer Jones
David Farrar

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