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| Goodbye Mr Chips [1939] | ![Goodbye Mr Chips [1939]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y7WSw51VL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills, Paul Henreid
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2051
Format: Black White, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: DVD
Running Time: 109 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321900658379
ASIN: B00012SZ4A
Release Date: February 16, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: July 28, 1939
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Amazon.co.uk Review
One more terrific film from a terrific year for movies--1939, the year of iGone with the Wind/i, iThe Wizard of Oz/i and iStagecoach/i, among others--Sam Wood's iGoodbye Mr Chips/i is a deeply stirring work starring Robert Donat as the old schoolmaster who looks back upon his life. Told mostly in flashbacks, the film wraps itself around a history of an older England as seen through the generations of boys who pass through Mr Chips's classroom. Greer Garson is her usual classy, sexy-intelligent self as Donat's wife, their earlier courtship one of the film's highlights. Get a box of tissues at the ready, for this one. i--Tom Keogh/i
Amazon.co.uk Review
The first film adaptation of James Hilton's British school saga, IGoodbye Mr Chips/I is a genuine Hollywood classic. Despite competition from IGone with the Wind/I, IThe Four Feathers/I and IThe Wizard of Oz/I (all 1939) the film won a Best Actor Oscar for Robert Donat and six further major nominations. Donat, who had previously starred in Hilton adaptation IKnight Without Armour/I (1937), is superb as a beloved public-school Latin teacher in an episodic tale spanning 1870-1933. From initially incompetent young teacher, he meets his wife (well played by Greer Garson) during an extended idyll in Austria, only to endure the horror of former pupils becoming victims of the Great War. p Though studio-bound and sentimental by current standards, IGoodbye Mr Chips/I contains great warmth and humanity, and is eventually extremely moving. There is an excellent score by Richard Addinsell, and the evocation of the tragedy of 1914-18, together with Chips' friendship with German teacher Staefel (Paul Henreid), must have struck a truly resonant note in 1939. James Hilton had previously been responsible for ILost Horizon/I (1937), and oddly both that film and IChips/I would be remade as musicals, in 1973 and 1969 respectively. IChips/I would again emerge as a BBC serial (1984) and a 2002 TV movie starring Martin Clunes; but for many this original screen version will always remain the best. p BOn the DVD:/B IGoodbye Mr Chips/I is presented on a basic disc with the only extras being an alternative French soundtrack and various subtitle options, including English for hard of hearing. The mono sound is fairly good, though there is occasional distortion on the music. The b/w picture is transferred in the original Academy ratio but the print used shows frequent, though minor, damage. I--Gary S Dalkin/I
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A Classic! December 31, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of my all-time favourite films. The exquisite, and occasionally poignant, story of a public school teacher (Mr Chipping - played wonderfully by Robert Donat) who is brought out of his stuffy mediocrity by his new young wife. We share the harsh reality of life's tribulations, including the generations of boys that pass through the school and the many young men who eagerly go off to war, never to return. The supporting cast are really wonderful, particularly Greer Garson and Paul Henreid. This is a sentimental film, but truly heartwarming. Highly recommended.
IMAGINE! October 12, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
In many ways, this could be Hollywood's most unrealistic film ever.Imagine a black and white film, done in 1939, with a lead female named Greer and a young Oscar winner, whose name reminds one of a driive-in donut shop. Imagine a movie with no sex, no overt violence,tragedy and disappointment borne with dignity, and absolutely no vulgarity. Imagine also: teaching being portrayed as a noble profession,tea on Sunday at 4 p.m.then Chapel at 6p.m., no radio, no television, no N.F.L! Further, history and classics being given a place in education,computers not existing,nobody chasing anyone,characters all seeming quite real.But the final straw comes with young men being sent overseas to fight and die in a ridiculous war, bombs going off on school grounds, and Chips on his deathbed (humans like him never die,do they)? In short, about the only realitic thing to do with this film is to see it while killing time before "Ski Party" comes on for the millionth time.And, in the true spirit of non-realism,give "Chips" 6 stars out of a possible 5.
An Oscar for a Great Briton September 9, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
If ever a film showcased a great talent it was 'Goodbye Mr Chips' and Robert Donat.br /br /His performance is engaging and credible. From a young insecure new teacher, to a stale middle aged man, whose life is turned around by love, to an eccentric but lovable old fellow, Robert Donat takes you on a wonderful journey. He is in nearly every scene.br /br /He deserved the Oscar he won. When you consider that Clark Gable was also Oscar nominated in 1939 for 'Gone With The Wind', you begin to realise what a great performance he gives. br /br /Greer Garson's role is fairly small, but pivotal. She is on screen for surprisingly a short time, but makes a great impact.br /br /The film shows a world long gone, if it ever existed, but Donat's great acting raises it well above sentimental. The end however, will move the tender hearted to tears.
Robert Donat is believable December 7, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is the story of the 60 plus year life of a school teacher, Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat), from neophyte teacher to hopefully Head Master. On his way he will make several mistakes and learn from them. The movie has the feel of several stories running in series that all tie in to Chipping's life. He is also destined to meet the love of his life Katherine (Greer Garson) and see that the Danube is blue.pI do not want to go into a detail as that is the fun in watching eh stories unfold however I think it is significant when Chipping and Katherine are alone on the top of the world and time stops finding them selves in eternity. He also gets an insight or different slant of his carrier.
Not realistic, but a superbly sentimental film July 8, 2004
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is a wonderfully sentimental depiction of public school life in the Victorian and Edwardian eras and beyond. Chipping, like so many other schoolmasters of the time, lives a cloistered life on which the outer world only occasionally impinges -- mostly during wartime.pIn the film, he ventures out on only one other memorable occasion -- a holiday with the school German teacher to the Tyrol where he meets the handsome Greer Garson (in her first movie appearance), who somewhat improbably falls for him. This sets off a chain of sentimental events: marriage, introductions to the common room, tea with the boys, her death through childbirth, and a never-ending cycle of Colleys (played by the same actor, but with a slightly different haircut for each generation). The school hymn is also designed to pluck the heart stings.pThe movie was actually filmed at Repton. I went to a similarly confined, all-boys, English public school, set in a country town miles from anywhere else, though somewhat more recently than the Chips era. Many of the masters never married because it was so difficult for them to meet any women. We still had corporal punishment -- which Chips continues to inflict even when brought out of retirement to become head during World War One. This film does not reflect the grubby reality of public school life -- the author must have had his rose-tinted spectacles on when he wrote this -- but it's hard not to be moved by it.pI have special memories of first seeing this at the age of 12 in our headmaster's study, together with all the other senior boys at the prep school. Today, its meaning for me is more about staying in the same place for a long time, while all about you moves on. (I've recently completed 25 years with the same employer!) I also enjoyed trying to work out how many of the Tyrol scenes were shot in the studio. (At one stage, Chips and his friend even walk against a film background.)pThe DVD has no special extras, but the picture and sound quality is reasonable. I haven't tried the film on my teenage children, but I think this is one of the few black and white movies that they would be absorbed by. (Don't be misled by the colour photo on the DVD box cover into believing the movie is in colour!)
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