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Title The house of mirth / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Showtime and Granada present ; in association with The Arts Council of England, FilmFour, The Scottish Arts Council and Glasgow Film Fund, a Three Rivers production ; produced by Olivia Stewart ; written & directed by Terence Davies.

Publication Info. Culver City, CA : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2001.
2000.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  DVD HOUSE    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD HOUSE OF MIRTH    In Transit
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD HOUSE OF MIRTH    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Drama  DRAMA DVD HOU    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD HOUSE OF MIRTH    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Adult Department  DVD HOUSE    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  DVD CLA HOU    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  DVD HOUSE    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  DVD HOUSE    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  DVD HOUSE    Check Shelf

Description 1 videodisc (approximately 140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, 2.0 Dolby digital surround; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation.
Note From the novel "The house of mirth" by Edith Wharton.
Cast Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Eric Stoltz.
Credits Director of photography, Remi Adefarasin ; editor, Michael Parker ; production designer, Don Taylor ; costume designer, Monica Howe ; musical director, Adrian Johnston ; hair & make-up, Jan Harrison Shell.
Event Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.
Audience MPAA rating: PG; for thematic material.
Summary The story takes place at the opening of a new century, one that held forth all kinds of promises, especially for women. In this post-Victorian Fifth Avenue milieu, Lily Bart, an unmarried woman of 29 with dwindling prospects, needs a husband badly. She lives beyond her means, relying on the grudging charity of her elderly aunt. She is the kind of girl who would make an admirable decoration on some fine gentleman's arm, but there is a liveliness--a knowingness--in her eyes that alarms potential suitors. Lily is unsuccessful in her search for a haven, because she values her emotional and financial independence. To her eternal sorrow, it is other women, the doyennes of high society, who obliquely, ruthlessly, keep that independence forever out of poor Lily's reach.
Note Special features: Director commentary; Production notes; Deleted scenes with director's commentary; Filmographies; Theatrical trailers.
Language English dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Film adaptations.
Love -- Drama.
Single women -- Drama.
Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Young men -- Drama.
Friendship -- Drama.
Benefactors -- Drama.
Social classes -- Drama.
Inheritance and succession -- Drama.
Women -- Social conditions -- Drama.
New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Davies, Terence, 1945-2023. Screenwriter. Director.
Stewart, Olivia. Producer.
Anderson, Gillian, 1968- Actor.
Aykroyd, Dan. Actor.
Bron, Eleanor. Actor.
Kinney, Terry. Actor.
LaPaglia, Anthony. Actor.
Linney, Laura. Actor.
May, Jodhi, 1975- Actor.
McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961- Actor.
Stoltz, Eric, 1961- Actor.
Adefarasin, Remi. Cinematographer.
Johnston, Adrian.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 House of mirth.
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Showtime Networks.
Granada Films.
Arts Council of England.
FilmFour (Firm)
Scottish Arts Council.
Glasgow Film Fund.
Three Rivers (Firm)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN 0767867076
9780767867078
Standard No. 043396064553
Music No. 06455 Sony Pictures Classics
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