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Title The American / Focus Features presents a This is That/Greenlit/Smokehouse production, an Anton Corbijn film ; produced by Anne Carey, Jill Green, Ann Wingate, Grant Heslov, George Clooney ; screenplay by Rowan Joffe ; directed by Anton Corbijn.

Publication Info. Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2010.
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD AMERICAN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD AMERICAN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Department  DVD AMERICAN    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Videos  DVD AMERICAN    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult DVDs  DVD AME    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD AMERICAN c.2  Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD AME c.2  Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD AMERICAN    Check Shelf
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Drama  DRAMA DVD AME    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Basement Materials, DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD AMERICAN    Check Shelf

Description 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Based on the 1990 novel, A Very Private Gentleman, by Martin Booth.
Bonus features: Deleted scenes; Journey to redemption : the making of The American; Feature commenary with director Anton Corbijn.
Credits Cinematography by, Martin Ruhe; music by, Herbert Grönemeyer ; editor, Andrew Hulme.
Cast George Clooney, Irina Bjorklund, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen.
Summary After a job ends more violently than expected, Jack retreats to the Italian countryside and accepts one last assignment to construct a deadly weapon for a mysterious contact. But when he pursues a relationship with a beautiful local woman, he may be tempting fate by stepping out of the shadows. Jack soon finds himself in an escalating battle to escape from his secretive past.
Audience MPAA rating: R; for violence, sexual content and nudity.
System Details DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentaion; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, Spanish and French) and DVS 2.0 stereo. surround (English)
DVD ; NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentaion ; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (English, Spanish and French) and DVS 2.0 stereo. surround (English).
Language English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialouge with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired.
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; optional descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Assassins -- Drama.
Prostitutes -- Drama.
Gunsmiths -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Italy -- Drama.
Genre/Form Crime films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Corbijn, Anton.
Joffe, Rowan.
Clooney, George.
Björklund, Irina, 1973-
Placido, Violante, 1976-
Reuten, Thekla, 1975-
Bonacelli, Paolo, 1939-
Leysen, Johan.
Booth, Martin Very private gentleman.
This is That (Firm)
Smoke House Pictures
Focus Features.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Standard No. 025192053740
Music No. 62112875 Universal
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