| Description |
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Roberto Schaefer ; edited by Matt Chesse ; music by Britt Daniel, Brian Reitzell ; visual effects designer, Kevin Tod Haug ; main title sequence and Harold's mathematical graphics designed and animated by MK12. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and nudity. |
| Summary |
Harold Crick, IRS auditor, milquetoast, and poster child for obsessive-compulsive disorder - wakes one morning to hear a woman's voice in his bathroom, narrating his life as he is living it, subsequently announcing his imminent death. This is a big problem, since Harold has a burning crush on Ana, his latest audit case. Searching for the source of the voice, he turns to literary theory-spewing professor Jules Hilburt, who eventually discovers that talented but troubled novelist Karen Eiffel is writing Harold--he is the central character of her new novel, "Death and Taxes." The question is: will Harold's story end as a comedy, or a tragedy? |
| Note |
Special features: Actors in search of a story; Building the team; On location in Chicago; Words on a page; Picture a number : the evolution of a G.U.I.; On the set; Book Channel interview with Karen Eiffel; Book Channel interview with Peter Allen Prothero; previews. |
| Language |
English or French dialogue with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
United States. Internal Revenue Service -- Drama.
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Auditory hallucinations -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Women novelists -- Drama.
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Writer's block -- Drama.
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Death -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Forster, Marc, 1969- Director.
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Doran, Lindsay. Producer.
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Helm, Zach. Screenwriter.
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Ferrell, Will, 1967- Actor.
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Gyllenhaal, Maggie, 1977- Actor.
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Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- Actor.
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Queen Latifah, 1970- Actor.
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Thompson, Emma. Actor.
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Hale, Tony.
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Hulce, Tom, 1953-
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Hunt, Linda, 1945-
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Columbia Pictures.
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Mandate Pictures (Firm)
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Three Strange Angels (Firm)
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1424820766 |
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9781424820764 |
| Standard No. |
043396154070 |
| Music No. |
15407 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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