Product Details

• Actors: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Ernest Thesiger, Donald Pleasence, Rosalie Crutchley
• Directors: Jack Cardiff
• Producers: Sons & Lovers
• Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Umbrella Entertainment
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000C5GN4U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,370 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Australia released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted Scenes, Interactive Menu, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: The Motion Picture Production Code was still in effect (albeit weakly) when Sons and Lovers was filmed in 1960, so don't expect a thoroughly frank and faithful adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel. Set in an English mining town, the film focuses on Paul Morel ( Dean Stockwell), the sensitive son of a roughhewn, alcoholic miner (Trevor Howard) and his gentle, repressed wife (Wendy Hiller). Intent on becoming an artist, Paul is not above depending upon the financial kindnesses of the young women of the town. Many of the girls carry a torch for him, but his strong bonds to his mother leave him emotionally sapped. Freddie Francis's evocative, grimy industrial-town cinematography won him an Academy Award. Despite censorial restrictions, this admirably captures the essence of the dour Lawrence original.
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Cannes Film Festival, Golden Globes, Oscar Academy Awards, ...Sons & Lovers

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SONS AND LOVERS -- A GREAT MOVIE, December 3, 2010

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Robert Egby "Author of The Quest of the Radic... (Chaumont, upstate New York.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sons & Lovers [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ] (DVD)

Sons and Lovers is a semi-autobiographical novel set in a coal-mining community near Nottingham, England in the early 20th century. D.H. Lawrence wrote the book but Jack Cardiff, an amazing cine-photographer directed it in 1960 with a great cast -- Trevor Howard and Wendy Hiller as the parents and Dean Stockwell as Paul. The book covers the lives of the parents, their loves and losses, but the movie cuts in when son Paul Morel is an adolescent, torn between love for his mother and two young women. You can almost feel the dust and the grime of coal combined with a gritty, frustrating, but nevertheless appealing and passionate story. Black and white makes it all the more appealing. The DVD is PAL (Australia)but you can get conversion software. Surprise, it played on my Toshiba laptop in the U.S. without downloading software. For D.H. Lawrence and Jack Cardiff followers its worth the effort. Why it is not available yet in the U.S. on NTSC format is a real puzzle because the movie is a real literary, historic and cinematic gem, and like a good book, worth repeating. Amazon should push for an NTSC version so that everyone, including students of history can view this movie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars JACK CARDIFF, OPUS 4, September 10, 2008

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Daniel S. "Daniel" (Geneva, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sons & Lovers [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ] (DVD)

**** 1960. Based on D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers (Modern Library Classics) and directed by Jack Cardiff. Academy award earned by Freddie Francis (Best B&W Cinematography) and Golden Globe by Jack Cardiff (Best Director). A young man is torn between his possessive mother and his well-behaved girl-friend. He'll finally find sexual fullfilment in the arms of a married woman. This film is a very good adaptation of D.H. Lawrence novel, the director and the actors managing perfectly to create a palpable sexual tension by means of the musical score, visual metaphors, suggestive gazes and body movements. Highly recommended.

Another cinematographical version of this novel is available here: A TV movie directed by Stephen Whittaker in 2003 Sons & Lovers.

If you own a multi-zone DVD player, be aware that you can also find a zone 2 DVD of SONS AND LOVERS at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Boy Grown Up, August 27, 2007

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Samantha Glasser "Maliejandra" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sons & Lovers [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ] (DVD)

Sons and Lovers is D.H. Lawrence's story of a boy named Paul (Dean Stockwell) who lives in a mining town at the turn of the century. His mother (Wendy Hiller) wants the best for him, despite the animosity between her husband and her favorite son. Paul wants to be an artist, and he gets his chance when a collector offers to take him to London. However, the apron strings are too tight, and Paul loves a local girl named Miriam (Heather Sears). He stays behind, but he makes an attempt to find himself and to "be free." He gets a job and meets a married woman (Mary Ure) who teaches him a thing or two about love and true freedom.

The real reason to watch this movie is not because of Lawrence and the steamy relationships in the story, but for the gorgeous and talented Stockwell. His presence is magnetic and his youth makes him perfect for the thoughtful and tormented character.

Yes, there is sex in this movie, but nothing graphic like in today's films. One of the best scenes is when Paul and Mrs. Dawes are in her house where she lives with her mother waiting for their chance to be together. You might find yourself holding your breath in anticipation, feeling just as tense as the characters on screen.