How I Won The War
- 1967 film
Absurdist anti-war comedy starring Michael Crawford as a hopeless lieutenant in the Second World War. Also features John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern and more.
How I Won The War - Dual Format Edition
Hapless British commander Lieutenant Goodbody (Michael Crawford) enthusiastically leads his troops on a series of debacles on the battlefields of World War Two - including the calamitous installation of a cricket pitch behind enemy lines...
Featuring John Lennon in his only non-musical screen performance, How I Won The War is a biting satire not just on war, but also the concept of the war movie. A surreal farce fantastically brought to life by Richard Lester's stylised direction, it remains a unique and innovative cult comedy, which is presented here on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK.
First released: Monday 20th May 2019
Extra features
- Original theatrical trailer
- Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits (first pressing only)
- Animated Genesis (1952, 22 mins) and A Short Vision (1956, 6 mins): Stylish, striking outstanding anti-war animations.
- Head Rag Hop (1970, 3 mins): Bold blues-soundtracked pop-art abstraction.
- Plod (1971, 21 mins): Long thought lost, this absurdist anti-authoritarian fusion of poetry and pop music was shot on the streets of Liverpool, and stars supreme sound-satirists The Scaffold.
- Richard Lester in Conversation with Steven Soderberg (1995, audio only): The director discusses his career in an interview recorded at the NFT.
- Feature commentary by Richard Lester authority Neil Sinyard
- Trailers From Hell: THE KNACK... And How To Get It and The Bed Sitting Room. With audio commentaries by Allan Arkush and John Landis.
- Distributor: BFI
- Region: B
- Discs: 2
- Minutes: 109
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