| Edition |
DVD ed. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (79 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 618 |
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Criterion collection ; 618.
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| Credits |
Camera, Elliot Davis ; production design, Adele Plauché ; editor, Susan Littenberg ; music, Cliff Martinez. |
| Performer |
Interviewees: Spalding Gray, Mike McLaughlin, Melissa Robertson, Alvin Henry, Alyne Hargroder, Buddy Carr. |
| System Details |
DVD format ; NTSC, region 1 ; 16:9 widescreen, 1.85:1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. |
| Summary |
One of the great raconteurs of stage and screen comes together with one of cinema's boldest image makers, Oscar winning director Steven Soderbergh for Gray's Anatomy, a spellbinding adaptation of Gray's 1993 monologue of the same name in which he chronicles his journey from diagnosis to treatment of a rare ocular condition. |
| Note |
Special features include: Disc 1: new interviews with Soderbergh and monologue cowriter Renée Shafransky ; Swimming to the Macula : sixteen minutes of footage from Spalding Gray's actual eye surgery ; trailer. Disc 2. A personal history of the American Theater : a ninety-five-minute monologue by Gray, originally produced by the Wooster Group in 1980 and videotaped in 1982. |
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Accompanying booklet features essay by film critic Amy Toubin. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Gray's anatomy -- disc 2. A personal history of the American Theater. |
| Access |
Educational and home use only. |
| Subject |
Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004.
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Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004 -- Film adaptations.
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Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004. (OCoLC)fst00157427
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Actors -- United States.
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Eye -- Diseases -- Alternative treatment.
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Mortality.
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Actors. (OCoLC)fst00796296
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Eye -- Diseases -- Alternative treatment.
(OCoLC)fst00919135
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Mortality. (OCoLC)fst01026502
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical films. (OCoLC)fst01710277
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Dark comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710293
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Dark comedy films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004. Screenwriter. Performer. Interviewee.
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Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- Director.
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Hardy, John. Producer.
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Shafransky, Renée. Screenwriter. Director.
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Davis, Elliot, 1948- Cinematographer.
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Plauché, Adele. Designer.
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Littenberg, Susan. Film editor.
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Martinez, Cliff. Composer.
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McLaughlin, Mike. Interviewee.
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Robertson, Melissa. Interviewee.
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Henry, Alvin. Interviewee.
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Hargroder, Alyne. Ve.
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Carr, Buddy. Interviewee.
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Taubin, Amy. Author.
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Janus Films.
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Independent Film Channel.
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BBC Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604656008 |
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160465600X |
| Standard No. |
715515096218 |
| Music No. |
CC2157D Criterion Collection |
