| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Mike Spiller ; editor, Steve Hamilton ; music, Hal Hartley. |
| Cast |
Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey. |
| Summary |
Simon Grim, a nerdy young sanitation worker who lives in Queens with his depressed mother and promiscuous sister, turns out to be a brilliant poet and an overnight literary sensation, after being encouraged to write down his ideas by Henry Fool, a boozy pseudo-intellectual who rents the Grim family basement. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Sanitation workers -- Drama.
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Authors -- Drama.
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Poets -- Drama.
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Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hartley, Hal, 1959-
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Ryan, Thomas Jay.
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Urbaniak, James, 1963-
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Posey, Parker, 1968-
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Spiller, Michael, 1961-
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Hamilton, Steve.
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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True Fiction Pictures.
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Shooting Gallery (Firm)
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
140493202X |
| Standard No. |
043396009837 |
| Music No. |
00983 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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