| Description |
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Miramax award-winning collection |
|
Miramax award-winning collection.
|
| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1. |
| Cast |
Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O'Conor, John Wood, Peter Stormare, Victoire Thivisol, Aurèlien Parent Koenig, Ron Cook, Elisabeth Commelin, Leslie Caron. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Roger Pratt ; editor, Andrew Mondshein ; music, Rachel Portman ; production designer, David Gropman ; costume designer, Renée Ehrlich Kalfus. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000. |
|
Based on the novel by Joanne Harris. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for a scene of sensuality and some violence. |
| Summary |
Once upon a time, there was a quiet little village in the French countryside, whose people believed in Tranquilité - Tranquility. If you lived in this village, you understood what was expected of you. You knew your place in the scheme of things. And if you happened to forget, someone would help remind you. In this village, if you saw something you weren't supposed to see, you learned to look the other way. If perchance your hopes had been disappointed, you learned never to ask for more. So through good times and bad, famine and feast, the villagers held fast to their traditions. Until, one winter day, a sly wind blew in from the North... |
| Note |
Special features: The making of "Chocolat" [featurette] (29 min.); Audio commentary with director Lasse Hallström and producers David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran [optional audio feature]; "Chocolat" costume design [featurette] (4 min.); "Chocolat" production design [featurette] (8 min.); Deleted scenes (6 min.); Previews (8 min.). |
| Language |
English or French dialogue with optional subtitles in English or Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Chocolate -- France -- Drama.
|
|
Lent -- France -- Drama.
|
|
Single mothers -- France -- Drama.
|
|
Cities and towns -- France -- Drama.
|
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
|
|
Film adaptations.
|
|
Magic realist films.
|
| Subject |
France -- Fiction.
|
| Added Author |
Hallström, Lasse.
|
|
Brown, David, 1916-2010.
|
|
Golden, Kit.
|
|
Holleran, Leslie (Motion picture producer)
|
|
Jacobs, Robert Nelson.
|
|
Binoche, Juliette, 1964-
|
|
Dench, Judi, 1934-
|
|
Molina, Alfred, 1953-
|
|
Olin, Lena.
|
|
Depp, Johnny.
|
|
Moss, Carrie-Anne, 1970-
|
|
O'Conor, Hugh, 1975-
|
|
Wood, John, 1930-2011.
|
|
Stormare, Peter.
|
|
Thivisol, Victoire, 1991-
|
|
Koenig, Aurèlien Parent.
|
|
Cook, Ron, 1948-
|
|
Commelin, Elisabeth.
|
|
Caron, Leslie.
|
|
Harris, Joanne, 1964-
Chocolat.
|
|
Miramax Films.
|
|
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
|
|
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
|
| ISBN |
0788827006 |
|
9780788827006 |
| Standard No. |
786936145076 |
|
031398135227 |
| Music No. |
021682 Miramax Home Entertainment |
|
