Edition |
Director-approved DVD special edition. |
Description |
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([18] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 659 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 659.
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System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0 surround. |
Cast |
Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, David Thewlis, Moya Brady, Stephen Rea. |
Credits |
Costume designer, Lindy Hemming ; production designer, Alison Chitty ; music by Rachel Portman ; director of photography, Dick Pope ; edited by Jon Gregory. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. |
Audience |
Rating: R; for language and a scene of sensuality. |
Summary |
An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering lay about. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy. |
Note |
Special features: Commentary (featuring director Mike Leigh); Mike Leigh at the National Film Theatre (interview with director); Five minute films (five short films written and directed by Mike Leigh in 1975): Probation, The birth of the goalie of the 2001 F.A. cup final, Old chums, A light snack, Afternoon. Booklet features an essay by critic David Sterritt. |
Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Families -- England -- Drama.
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Suburbs -- England -- Drama.
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Twins -- England -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Added Author |
Leigh, Mike, 1943- screenwriter, film director.
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Channing-Williams, Simon, film producer.
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Steadman, Alison, 1946- actor.
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Broadbent, Jim, actor.
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Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor.
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Skinner, Claire, actor.
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Horrocks, Jane, 1964- actor.
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Thewlis, David, 1963- actor.
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Brady, Moya, actor.
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Rea, Stephen, actor.
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Hemming, Lindy, costume designer.
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Chitty, Alison, production designer.
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Portman, Rachel, composer (expression)
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Pope, Dick, B.S.C., director of photography.
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Gregory, Jon (Film editor), editor of moving mage work.
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Sterritt, David, author.
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Film Four International.
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British Screen.
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Thin Man Films (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Added Title |
Probation.
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Birth of the goalie of the 2001 F.A. cup final.
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Old chums.
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Light snack.
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Afternoon.
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ISBN |
9781604657210 |
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1604657219 |
Standard No. |
715515105514 |
Music No. |
CC2259D The Criterion Collection |
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