{"product_id":"9781472568090","title":"Noël Coward Screenplays : In Which We Serve, Brief Encounter, the Astonished Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together three of Coward's most important screenplays - In Which We Serve (1942), Brief Encounter (1945) and The Astonished Heart (1950). The collection features the shooting scripts for each film alongside contextual notes for each play, and a general introduction, by Barry Day. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Which We Serve earned Coward an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 as well as the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film. The film remains a classic of wartime British cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrief Encounter, the most famous screenplay in this collection, is based on Coward's 1936 one-act play Still Life. It remains one of the greatest love stories of all time, coming second in a British Film Institute poll of the top 100 British films. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Astonished Heart tells the story of a psychiatrist's growing obsession for a good-time girl and the resulting tragedy this leads to. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection features a foreword by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator Emeritus, Film, at New York's MoMA, and an eight-page black and white plate section of production stills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46024405647439,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1328.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781472568090","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}