| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Films from Iran |
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Films from Iran.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Hussain Sabzīān, Hasan Farāzmand, Abulfazl Ahankhāh, Mihrdād Ahankhāh, Nayer Muhsinī Zunūzī, Ahmad Riz̤ā Muayyid Muhsinī, Muḥsin Makhmalbāf. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, ʻAlī Riz̤ā Zarrīndast. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. |
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Special features include: video interview with Abbas Kiraostami (ca. 10 min.) and filmographies of Kiarostami and Makhmalbaf. |
| Summary |
True story of Hossain Sabzian, an unemployed movie buff who finds himself mistaken for the enigmatic director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The misunderstanding takes on a life of its own and Sabzian ends up in jail where his trial is filmed by Kiarostami, blurring the lines between documentary and drama. Many of the people involved in the incident play themselves in the film. |
| Language |
Farsi dialogue with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Deception -- Iran -- Drama.
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Mistaken identity -- Iran -- Drama.
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Impersonation -- Drama.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Iran -- Drama.
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| Indexed Term |
Farib Irān Drāmā. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films -- Iran.
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Foreign language films -- Persian.
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| Added Author |
Kiarostami, Abbas.
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Zarrīn, ʻAlī Riz̤ā.
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Sabzīān, Hussain.
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Makhmalbāf, Muḥsin.
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Facets Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Nimā-yi nazdīk |
| Note |
Title on container, disc, and menu screen: Close-up |
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Persian title on container: Nema-ye nazdik |
| ISBN |
156580273X |
| Standard No. |
736899031060 |
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