A Severed Head (Blu-ray)

Directed by Dick Clement

Starring: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Ian Holm, Claire Bloom, Jennie Linden, Clive Revill, Ann Firbank, Rosamund Greenwood, Constance Lorne, Robert Gillespie
Contributors: Frederic Raphael, Alan Ladd Jr, Stanley Myers, Austin Dempster
Studio: Powerhouse Films
Genre: Feature
Main Language: English
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 22 Apr 2024
Originally Issued: 1971
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Run Time: 98 minutes

Description

Richard Attenborough, Ian Holm and Lee Remick star in this surreal comedy based on the novel by Iris Murdoch. Wine merchant Martin Lynch-Gibbons (Holm) is worried that his wife Antonia (Remick) might find out about his mistress (Jennie Linden), then he discovers that his wife wants a divorce because she is having an affair with her psychiatrist Palmer (Attenborough), who also happens to be Martin's best friend. When Palmer's sister Dr Honour Klein (Claire Bloom) visits from Oxford she discloses Martin's affair to Antonia and the arrival of Martin's womanising brother (Clive Revill) sets off a number of impulsive liaisons as passion drives the characters to hysteria.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Commentary: Dick Clement (director) and Sam Dunn (film historian)
• Other Documentary: 'Guise and Dolls'; 'Slightly Saucy'; 'What Happened Just Then?'