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Title Wide sargasso sea / a Laughing Kookaburra production ; screenplay by Jan Sharp, Carole Angier, John Duigan ; produced by Jan Sharp ; directed by John Duigan.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : distributed by Warner Home Video, [2015]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD WIDE SARGASSO SEA    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical 5.1 surround stereo Dolby Digital DTS rda
NTSC rda
video file DVD video rda
Motion pictures lcgft
Series Warner Archive Collection
Archive collection.
System Details DVD-R, widescreen (16x9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, 5.1 surround; DTS, stereo.
Cast Nathaniel Parker, M\ichael York, Rachel Ward, Karina Lombard, Martine Beswick, Claudia Robinson.
Credits Music, Stewart Copeland ; director of photography, Geoff Burton ; editors, Anne Goursaud, Jimmy Sandoval.
Language In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Note Based on the novel by Jean Rhys.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Includes both R-rated and NC-17 versions.
This disc is expected to play back in DVD video 'Play Only' devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container insert.
Widescreen (16x9, 1.85:1).
Audience Rating: NC-17 ; R.
Summary The story is meant to be a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre, surmising what drove the first Mrs. Rochester mad in that novel. Set in Jamaica in the 1840's.
Subject Rhys, Jean -- Film adaptations.
Rhys, Jean. (OCoLC)fst00049676
Man-woman relationships -- Jamaica -- Drama.
Creoles -- Jamaica -- Drama.
Husband and wife -- Drama.
Family secrets -- Drama.
Occultism -- Drama.
Jamaica -- Drama.
Creoles. (OCoLC)fst00882825
Family secrets. (OCoLC)fst01737651
Husband and wife. (OCoLC)fst00964385
Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
Occultism. (OCoLC)fst01043123
Jamaica. (OCoLC)fst01211575
Genre/Form Romance films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Feature films -- Australia.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
Romance films. (OCoLC)fst01710332
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Added Author Sharp, Jan, screenwriter, film producer.
Angier, Carole, 1943- screenwriter.
Duigan, John, 1949- screenwriter, film director.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea.
Parker, Nathaniel, 1962- actor.
York, Michael, 1942- actor.
Ward, Rachel, 1957- actor.
Lombard, Karina, actor.
Laughing Kookaburra Productions, production company
Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher.
Standard No. 888574320676
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