| Edition |
Widescreen edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital stereo. |
| Cast |
Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, John W. Simmons ; editor, Tara Timpone ; music, Mike Post ; production designer, John Iacovelli. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on PBS May 4, 2003. |
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Based on the play by D.L. Coburn. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A bittersweet comedy that follows the relationship that develops between nursing home residents Fonsia Dorsey and Weller Martin during a series of gin games. As the games progress, their ailments, misfortunes, and losses are exposed in funny, honest, and increasingly heated moments, and what begins as a tentative friendship quickly turns into a battle of wills. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Nursing home residents -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Card games -- Drama.
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Older people -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Tragicomedy.
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| Added Author |
Levinson, Monica.
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Coburn, D. L.
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Brown, Arvin.
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Moore, Mary Tyler, 1936-
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Van Dyke, Dick.
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Simmons, John W.
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Timpone, Tara, 1962-
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Post, Mike.
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Iacovelli, John.
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PBS Hollywood (Firm)
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KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
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Hollywood Productions (Firm)
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RKO Pictures (1978-1987)
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Ellen M. Krass Productions (Firm)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
014381015829 |
| Music No. |
ID158KEDVD Image Entertainment |
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