To Sir, with Love Blu-ray
'To Sir, with Love' Director: James Clavell (1967) Indicator Limited Edition Blu-ray | 2K restoration | Region Free
Sidney Poitier gives one of his finest performances as Thackeray, an out-of-work engineer from British Guiana who decides to try his hand at teaching in London's East End, only to be faced with a class full of unruly teens intent on breaking his spirit. But Thackeray, no stranger to hostility, meets the challenge by treating the students as young adults. When offered an engineering job, Thackeray must decide if he wants to stay.
With a cast including Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall and Lulu.
Limited Edition contents:
- 16-page booklet with a new essay by the BFI’s Tega Okiti
Special features include:
- Audio commentary with Judy Geeson and film historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
- Audio commentary with novelist E.R. Braithwaite and author/teacher Salome Thomas-El
- Those Schoolboy Days (2016, 24 mins): new interview with actor Christian Roberts
- Look and Learn (2016, 11 mins): new interview with art director Tony Woollard
- E.R. Braithwaite: In His Own Words (2011, 24 mins): the writer discusses his life and work
- Lulu and the B-Side (2011, 5 mins): interview with the acclaimed singer
- Miniskirts, Blue Jeans and Pop Music! (15 mins): a look at the swinging sixties
- To Sidney With Love (2011, 5 mins): agent Marty Baum on Sidney Poitier
- Principal El: He Chose to Stay (2011, 11 mins): interview with teacher and author Salome Thomas-El
- Isolated score: experience Ron Grainer’s original soundtrack music
