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Title Defending your life / Geffen Pictures presents ; produced by Michael Grillo ; written and directed by Albert Brooks.

Publication Info. [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
©2021

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 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD DEFENDING YOUR LIFE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual  DVD DEFENDING    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD DEFENDING YOUR LIFE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Wilson Branch - DVDs and Blu-rays  DVD DEF    Check Shelf
Edition Director-approved special edition.
Description 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (folded : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
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Series Criterion collection, 1071.
Criterion collection ; 1071.
System Details DVD, wide screen (1.85:1); Dolby 2.0 surround; NTSC, region 1.
Note English dialogue; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Title from disc surface.
Cast Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Buck Henry.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
"New 4K digital restoration"--Container.
Credits Music by Michael Gore ; director of photography, Allen Daviau ; editor, David Finfer.
Audience Not rated.
Summary After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Note Special features: New conversation between Brooks and filmmaker Robert Weide; new interview with theologian and critic Donna Bowman; new program featuring exerpts from 1991 interviews; essay by filmmaker Ari Aster.
Subject Future life -- Drama.
Conduct of life -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Conduct of life. (OCoLC)fst00874563
Future life. (OCoLC)fst00936730
Genre/Form Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Comedy films.
Added Author Brooks, Albert, 1947- actor, screenwriter, director.
Streep, Meryl, actor.
Torn, Rip, 1931-2019, actor.
Grant, Lee, 1927- actor.
Grillo, Michael (Michael F.), producer.
Finfer, David, editor.
Gore, Michael, 1951- composer (expression)
Daviau, Allen, director of photography.
Aster, Ari, essayist.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Geffen Pictures.
ISBN 9781681438177
1681438178
Standard No. 715515257114
Music No. CC3236DDVD The Criterion Collection
CC3236D The Criterion Collection
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