| Edition |
Widescreen [edition]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation; dual-layer; Dolby Digital. |
| Cast |
Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliet Howland, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Li Feng. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; art director, Peta Lawson ; editor, Alexandre de Franceschi ; music by, Alexandre Desplat ; costume designer, Ruth Myers ; visual effects supervisor, Paul Butterworth ; piano soloist, Lang Lang. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content. |
| Summary |
Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth. |
| Awards |
Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat) |
| Language |
Dialogue in English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Medical drama.
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Physicians -- England.
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Married people -- China -- Shanghai -- Drama.
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Adultery -- China -- Shanghai -- Drama.
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Cities and towns -- China -- Drama.
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Epidemics -- China -- Drama.
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Shanghai (China) -- Drama.
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China -- Drama.
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Medical drama -- England.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Melodrama.
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Man-woman relationships in motion pictures.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Melodrama -- Feature.
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Romance -- Feature.
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Medical -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Melodrama.
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Love stories.
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| Added Author |
Watts, Naomi, 1968-
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Norton, Edward.
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Nyswaner, Ron.
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Schreiber, Liev.
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Jones, Toby, 1966-
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Rigg, Diana.
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Wong, Anthony, 1965-
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Lee, Johnny, 1946-
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Desplat, Alexandre.
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Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Painted veil.
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Bob Yari Productions.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419818198 |
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9781419818196 |
| Standard No. |
012569585577 |
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085391137580 |
| Music No. |
58557 Warner Home Video |
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