The best of friends ; Eagle in a cage
(DVD or VCD)

Based on the stage play by Hugh Whitmore.

Adapted from the letters and writings of Dame Laurentia McLachlan, Sir Sydney Cockerell and Bernard Shaw.

Bonus feature: Eagle in a cage.

Special features: The Quotable Bernard Shaw, biographies, selected filmographies, trivia, bibliography, interactive menus and scene selection.

The Best of friends: Produced & directed by Alvin Rakoff ; associate producer, Sarah Stamp ; production manager, Lorraine Goodman ; costume designer, Jane Robinson ; original music, Sidney Sager ; production designer, Eileen Diss ; executive producers, Johan Eliasch, Steven Worth, Tom Donald ; written by Hugh Whitmore. Eagle in a cage: Associate producer, Peter S. Katz ; production manager, Stipe Gurdulic ; edited by Max Benedict.

The Best of friends: Sir John Gielgud, Dame Wendy Hiller, Patrick McGoohan. Eagle in a cage: Billie Whitelaw, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Kenneth Haigh, Moses Gunn, Ferdy Mayne, Lee Montague, Georgina Hale, and Michael Williams.

In 1924, George Bernard Shaw was introduced to Dame Laurentia McLachlan, a Benedictine nun at the Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire, England. Along with their mutual friend, Sydney Cockerell, director of Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, the trio enjoyed twenty-five years of letters, literary debate and laughter. Relive their vigorous discussions on everything from the existence of God, to the finer points of tango dancing. Eagle in a cage: A school-teacher-turned-governor of a small island finds greatness thrust upon him when that island, St. Helena, becomes a place of exile for Napoleon.

Not rated.

DVD, Dolby digital.