A Matter of life and death - (David Niven - Kim Hunter)(1946)[DvdRip-Xvid-English]

A Matter of life and death - (David Niven - Kim Hunter)(1946)[DvdRip-Xvid-English] Starring David Niven ... Peter Carter Kim Hunter ... June Robert Coote ... Bob Trubshawe Kathleen Byron ... An Angel Richard Attenborough ... An English Pilot Bonar Colleano ... An American Pilot (also as Bonor Colleano) Joan Maude ... Chief Recorder Marius Goring ... Conductor 71 Roger Livesey ... Doctor Frank Reeves Robert Atkins ... The Vicar Bob Roberts ... Dr. Gaertler Edwin Max ... Dr. McEwen Betty Potter ... Mrs. Tucker Abraham Sofaer ... The Judge / The Surgeon Raymond Massey ... Abraham Farlan General Complete name : A Matter of life and death.avi Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave File size : 700 MiB Duration : 1h 39mn Overall bit rate : 979 Kbps Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release) Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release Video ID : 0 Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L5 Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Custom Codec ID : XVID Codec ID/Hint : XviD Duration : 1h 39mn Bit rate : 847 Kbps Width : 512 pixels Height : 384 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4/3 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Resolution : 24 bits Colorimetry : 4:2:0 Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.172 Stream size : 606 MiB (87%) Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04) Audio ID : 1 Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 3 Codec ID : 55 Codec ID/Hint : MP3 Duration : 1h 39mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 119 Kbps Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Resolution : 16 bits Stream size : 84.8 MiB (12%) Alignment : Aligned on interleaves Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.60 video frame) Interleave, preload duration : 527 ms Writing library : LAME3.98r Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 --abr 128 IMDB Rating = 8.0/10 Link to IMDB HERE http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/ Plot Returning to England from a bombing run in May 1945, flyer Peter Carter's plane is damaged and his parachute ripped to shreds. He has his crew bail out safely, but figures it is curtains for himself. He gets on the radio, and talks to June, a young American woman working for the USAAF, and they are quite moved by each other's voices. Then he jumps, preferring this to burning up with his plane. He wakes up in the surf. It was his time to die, but there was a mixup in heaven. They couldn't find him in all that fog. By the time his "Conductor" catches up with him 20 hours later, Peter and June have met and fallen in love. This changes everything, and since it happened through no fault of his own, Peter figures that heaven owes him a second chance. Heaven agrees to a trial to decide his fate. Review From IMDB Also known as "Stairway to Heaven" in the US. During WWII British Peter Carter's (David Niven) plane is shot down in combat but he survives. He meets and falls in love with lovely June (Kim Hunter). But it seems a mistake was made in Heaven--he should have died! A French spirit comes to get him but he refuses. He is soon to plead his case in front of a Heavenly Tribunal that he should be allowed to live. Sounds ridiculous but this is actually an incredible film. The script is good with the actors playing the roles completely straight-faced and it's beautifully directed--the scenes on Earth are in breath-taking Technicolor (I've never seen such beautiful blue skies) and the scenes in Heaven are in black and white! Niven is a little stiff at times but Hunter is just great (and very beautiful) and Roger Livesey is superb as a doctor trying to help Niven. The imagery throughout is amazing (especially the staircase and during the final trial sequence) and the special effects are truly great (considering the age of the film). There's also a very strange sequence when Niven runs into a totally nude young boy herding sheep! This is an absolutely beautiful, thought provoking film--highly recommended. This remains unknown in the US which is a shame.

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LV-426 (2010-03-06)

Thank you, Anonymous!
A very nice matter of upload!
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AJNorth (2011-02-04)

Thank you for seeding this gem of a movie! Like so many films by "The Archers" (that are far too little-known in the U.S), AMOLAD is an absolute classic that defines truly great cinema.
One of Martin Scorsese's favorite films, he was instrumental in a partial restoration of the picture in 1995, and I was fortunate to have seen it on the big screen in its limited theatrical release; what a treat it would be to see the full restoration in a theater!
Stand-out performances all around, especially Roger Livesey (also in "I Know Where I'm Going" and "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp") and Marius Goring (also in "The Red Shoes").
As with virtually every film by P & P, writing, directing, production design, cinematography, musical score (and cast) are all impeccable - in this world, or the next. 10/10
[ Devotees of this picture, and Powell & Pressburger films in general, might wish to visit ]

bad_pandi (2011-10-20)

Thank You

peterhump3 (2011-12-03)

Whoever was seeding this earlier today PLEASE come back!!!!

peterhump3 (2011-12-04)

THANK YOU!!! I never thought it would happen, I've had the torrent sat waiting for the best part of a year!
There's a fair bit of visual compression artefacts but I've seen worse and the audio is very good.
Though it's a must see - I love this film and will seed indefinitely! Hopefully I can pass it on :)

 SectorVector (2012-03-11)

Thank you uploader and thank you AJNorth for the insight and pointers.

PineappleStarz (2012-05-29)

my mum wants this movie, thanks.

wm123456 (2012-12-19)

thanks!

terrycotta (2012-12-24)

Thank you Anonymous good of you to upload this wonderful movie. Also thank you seeders for allowing my download it's much appreciated.

john813 (2013-02-09)

thank you very much.