prologue, explanatory scenes (often literally, with labels or inscriptions on items) and more closeups of his wife, Jennifer Jones. The most infamous of the alterations are the scenes at the end when Jones is supposedly carrying a tame fox—in the additional scenes, the fox is obviously a stuffed toy. Selznick also deleted several scenes that he felt had lacked dramatic impact, some of which were major plot points. In his autobiographies, Powell claimed that Selznick only left about 35 minutes of the original film, but in fact, about two-thirds remains intact. Overall, Selznick cut the film's length by 28 minutes, from the original 110 to 82 minutes. Restoration The original version of Gone to Earth was fully restored by the British Film Institute's National Archive in 1985. A New Statesman review called the restored film "one of the great British regional films" and, according to Powell's cinematographer Christopher Challis, "one of the most beautiful films ever to be shot of the English countryside." Both versions of the film are now available in the U.S. on Blu-ray disc from Kino Lorber Studio Classics (under license from The Walt Disney Company and current copyright holder ABC). In popular culture The film is extensively referenced in Jonathan Coe's novel The Rain Before It Falls (2007), in which two of the characters are identified as extras who appear in the foreground in one of the film's early scenes (around 8:25). References External links . Full synopsis and film stills (and clips viewable from UK libraries). Reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages 1950 films 1950 drama films British drama films British historical drama films 1950s historical drama films Films based on British novels Films set in Shropshire Films set in 1897 Films by Powell and Pressburger British Lion Films films Selznick International Pictures films Films shot in Shropshire Films shot at Shepperton Studios 1950s English-language films 1950s British films