Title Iris / Miramax Films, BBC Films, Intermedia Films present a Mirage Enterprises, Robert Fox/Scott Rudin production of a Richard Eyre film ; producers, Robert Fox, Scott Rudin ; writers, Richard Eyre, Charles Wood ; director, Richard Eyre.

Publication Info.	Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002]
	©2001

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD IRIS	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD IRIS c.3	Check Shelf
Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Department	DVD IRIS	Check Shelf
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	DVD IRIS	Missing
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level	DVD IRIS	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD IRI c.2	Check Shelf
Manchester, Whiton Branch - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays	DVD IRIS	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual	DVD IRIS	Check Shelf
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD IRIS	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	AD DVD IRIS	Check Shelf

Edition	Widescreen edition.
Description	1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD.
Cast	Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton.
Credits	Director of photography, Roger Pratt ; editor, Martin Walsh ; music composed & conducted by James Horner ; costume designer, Ruth Myers ; production designer, Gemma Jackson.
Note	Based on the books Iris : a memoir and elegy for Iris and Iris and her friends : a memoir of memory and desire by John Bayley.
Audience	MPAA rating: R.
Form	Also issued on VHS.
Summary	Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
Awards	Academy Awards, USA, 2002: Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jim Broadbent)
Note	Special features: a look at "Iris"; a special message from David Hyde Pierce; Alzheimer's Association honors "Iris" and Jim Broadbent.
Language	Includes French dubbed version.
	Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Murdoch, Iris -- Marriage -- Drama.
	Bayley, John, 1925-2015 -- Marriage -- Drama.
	Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Drama.
	Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Drama.
	Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Feature films.
	Video recordings.
	Biographical films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Fox, Robert, 1952- Producer.
	Rudin, Scott, 1958- Producer.
	Eyre, Richard, 1943- Screenwriter.
	Wood, Charles, 1932-2020. Screenwriter.
	Dench, Judi, 1934- Actor.
	Broadbent, Jim. Actor.
	Winslet, Kate. Actor.
	Bonneville, Hugh. Actor.
	Wilton, Penelope, 1946- Actor.
	Pratt, Roger.
	Walsh, Martin. Editor.
	Horner, James. Composer.
	Myers, Ruth.
	Jackson, Gemma, 1951-
	Bayley, John, 1925-2015. Iris.
	Miramax Films.
	BBC Films.
	Intermedia Films.
	Mirage Enterprises (Firm)
ISBN	0788834576
	9780788834578
Standard No.	786936178272
Music No.	25749 Miramax Home Entertainment

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