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Title Perfume : the story of a murderer / DreamWorks Pictures and Constantin Film present ; a Constantin Film / VIP Medienfonds 4 production ; in co-production with Nouvelles Éditions de Films and Castelao Productions ; directed by Tom Tykwer ; screenplay by Andrew Birkin & Bernd Eichinger & Tom Tykwer ; produced by Bernd Eichinger ; co-producer, Gigi Oeri ; a Tom Tykwer film ; a Bernd Eichinger production.

Publication Info. München : Constantin Film Produktion ; Universal City, CA : Distributed by DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2006]
©2007

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD PERFUME    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  DVD PERFUME    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Media Room  DVD PER    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD PERFUME    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD PER    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD PERFUME    Missing
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  DVD PERFUME    DUE 06-04-21 Billed
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD PERFUME    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  DVD PERFUME    Missing
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD PERF    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo surround; widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16:9 televisions.
Note From the novel by Patrick Süskind.
Cast Ben Whishaw (Jean-Baptiste Grenouille), Alan Rickman (Richis), Rachel Hurd-Wood (Laura), Dustin Hoffman (Giuseppe Baldini), John Hurt (narrator), Karoline Herfurth (the plum girl), David Calder (Bishop of Grasse), Simon Chandler (Mayor of Grasse), Sian Thomas (Madame Gaillard), Jessica Schwarz (Natalie), Corinna Harfouch (Madame Arnulfi), Paul Berrondo (Druot), Timothy Davies (Chenier), Sam Douglas (Grimal), Harris Gordon (Marquis de Montesquieu), Sara Forestier (Jeanne), Joanna Griffiths (Marianne), Birgit Minichmayr (Grenouille's mother), Alvaro Roque (Grenouille, age 5), Franck Lefeuvre (Grenouille, age 13), Michael Smiley (porter), Richard Felix (Chief Magistrate).
Credits Director of photography, Frank Griebe ; production designer, Uli Hanisch ; editor, Alexander Berner ; costume designer, Pierre-Yves Gayraud ; makeup & hair design, Waldemar Pokromski ; music, Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil ; performed by Berliner Philharmoniker, conductor, Sir Simon Rattle.
Event Originally produced as a German/French/Spanish motion picture in 2006.
Audience MPAA rating: Rated R for aberrant behavior involving nudity, violence, sexuality, and disturbing images; Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A for sexual content, nudity, and violence.
Summary In 1738 in Paris, a baby is born under a fishmonger's bloody table in a marketplace and abandoned. Orphaned, passed over to the monks as a charity case, already there is something about the tiny infant that is unsettling. No one will look after him; he is somehow too demanding and, even more disturbing, something is missing: he doesn't smell the way a baby should; indeed, he has no scent at all. Yet Jean-Baptiste Grenouille clings stubbornly to life, because he possesses an absolute sense of smell, and with it, he can read the world, discovering truths that elude ordinary men. As he leaves childhood behind and comes to understand his terrible uniqueness, his obsession becomes the quest to identify, and then to isolate, the perfect scent--that of life itself. Grenouille embarks on a monstrous quest, until the frenzy of his final triumph explodes in all its horrifying consequences.
Contents The realm of scent -- Madame Gaillard's orphanage -- A utopia of unexplored smells -- Guiseppe Baldini -- Essential oils -- Teach me everything -- Solitude -- And the gods began to smile -- Journeyman -- Hide and seek -- Until his collection is complete -- On the run -- Laura -- Remember this -- The thirteenth essence -- Drawn back -- End titles.
Note Special features: The story of "Perfume" [featurette] (14 min.); Previews (8 min.).
Awards Winner, 2007 German Film Awards, Film Award in Gold, Beste Kamera/Bildgestaltung (Best Cinematography )--Frank Griebe; Bestes Kostümbild (Best Costume Design)--Pierre-Yves Gayraud; Bester Schnitt (Best Editing)--Alexander Berner; Bestes Szenenbild (Best Production Design)--Uli Hanisch; Beste Tongestaltung (Best Sound)--Stefan Busch, Dirk Jacob, Michael Kranz, Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert, Hanse Warns, Roland Winke; Film Award in Silver, Programmfüllende Spielfilme (Outstanding Feature Film)--Bernd Eichinger; 2007 European Film Awards for Best Cinematographer--Frank Griebe; Prix d'Excellence--Uli Hanisch (Production design); 2007 Bavarian Film Awards for Regiepreis (Best Director)--Tom Tykwer; Beste Ausstattung (Best Production Design)--Uli Hanisch.
Language In English with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, or French; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Odors -- Drama.
Perfumes -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Serial murderers -- Drama.
Perfumes industry -- Drama.
Senses and sensation -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
City and town life -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
German literature -- 20th century -- Film adaptations.
Paris (France) -- Drama.
France -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Drama.
Serial murderers -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Perfumes industry -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Genre/Form Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Tykwer, Tom, 1965- Screenwriter. Director.
Birkin, Andrew. Screenwriter.
Eichinger, Bernd. Screenwriter. Producer.
Oeri, Gigi, 1955- Producer.
Whishaw, Ben, 1980- Actor.
Rickman, Alan. Actor.
Hurd-Wood, Rachel, 1990- Actor. Actor.
Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- Actor.
Hurt, John, 1940-2017. Narrator.
Herfurth, Karoline, 1984- Actor.
Calder, David, 1946- Actor.
Chandler, Simon. Actor.
Thomas, Sian. Actor.
Schwarz, Jessica, 1977- Actor.
Harfouch, Corinna. Actor.
Berrondo, Paul, 1967- Actor.
Davies, Timothy. Actor.
Douglas, Sam. Actor.
Gordon, Harris. Actor.
Forestier, Sara, 1987- Actor.
Griffiths, Joanna. Actor.
Minichmayr, Birgit. Actor.
Roque, Alvaro. Actor.
Lefeuvre, Frank. Actor.
Smiley, Michael. Actor.
Felix, Richard. Actor.
Griebe, Frank, 1964- Cinematographer.
Berner, Alexander, 1966- Film editor.
Gayraud, Pierre-Yves.
Hanisch, Uli.
Süskind, Patrick. Parfum. English.
DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
Constantin Film (Firm)
VIP 4 (Firm)
Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm)
Castelao Productions.
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title Story of a murderer
ISBN 141573108X
9781415731086
Standard No. 097361178349
00097361178349
Music No. 11783 DreamWorks Home Entertainment
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