| Title |
Swallows and Amazons. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd., ©2017. |
| Physical description |
1 DVD-video (93 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| General note |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : D92718. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. |
| Based on the book by Arthur Ransome. |
| Special features : bringing a classic tale to life ; deleted scenes ; clappers ; sailing with the crew ; interviews with Kelly Macdonald, Andrea Gibb and Rafe Spall. |
| Credits note |
Producers, Nicholas Barton, Nick O'Hagan, Joe Oppenheimer ; director, Philippa Lowthorpe ; screenplay, Andrea Gibb. |
| Performer note |
Rafe Spall, Andrew Scott, Kelly Macdonald, Jessica Hynes, Harry Enfield, Dane Hughes, Orla Hill, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Bobby McCulloch, Seren Hawkes, Hannah Jayne Thorp. |
| Summary |
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit. |
| Subject |
Ransome, Arthur, -- 1884-1967 -- Film adaptations |
| Amazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome) -- Drama |
| Swallows (Fictitious characters) -- Drama |
| Children -- Drama |
| Battles -- Drama |
| Islands -- Drama |
| Boats and boating -- Drama |
| Adventure and adventurers -- Drama |
| Amazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome) -- Juvenile drama |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Action and adventure films |
| Film adaptations |
| Children's films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Additional author |
Lowthorpe, Philippa director. |
| Gibb, Andrea screenwriter. |
| Barton, Nick producer. |
| O'Hagan, Nick producer. |
| Oppenheimer, Joe producer. |
| Spall, Rafe, 1983- actor. |
| Scott, Andrew, 1976 October 21- actor. |
| Macdonald, Kelly, 1976- actor. |
| Hynes, Jessica, 1972- actor. |
| Enfield, Harry, 1961- actor. |
| Hughes, Dane actor. |
| Hill, Orla actor. |
| McCulloch, Bobby actor. |
| Hawkes, Seren actor. |
| Thorp, Hannah Jayne actor. |
| Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967 |
| Harbour Pictures production company. |
| BBC Films production company. |
| British Film Company (Funding) production company. |
| Electric Shadow Company, The (United Kingdom) production company. |
