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The sweet hereafter / Alliance Communications presents in association with Fine Line Features an Ego Film Arts production ; screenplay by Atom Egoyan ; produced by Camelia Frieberg and Atom Egoyan ; directed by Atom Egoyan.
LIBRA VHS PS3552.A49 S9422 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Banks, Russell, 1940-2023--Film adaptations.
- Banks, Russell.
- Banks, Russell, 1940-2023.
- School bus accidents--New York (State)--Drama.
- School bus accidents.
- Community life--New York (State)--Drama.
- Community life.
- Motion pictures, Canadian.
- New York (State).
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Canadian.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, CA] : New Line Home Video, [1998]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC; hi-fi stereo., Dolby surround.
- analog
- magnetic
- surround
- Dolby
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- "Following a tragic schoolbus accident, high-profile lawyer Mitchell Stephens descends upon a small town. With promises of retribution and a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the grieving community, Stephens begins his investigation into the details of the crash. But beneath the town's calm, he uncovers a tangled web of lies, deceit and forbidden desires that mirrors his own troubled personal life. Gradually, we learn that Stephens has his own agenda and that everyone has secrets to keep."--Container.
- Participant:
- Ian Holm, Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood, David Hemblen, Brooke Johnson, Arsinee Khanjian, Tom McCamus, Stephanie Morgenstern, Earl Pastko, Sarah Polley, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Paul Sarossy ; editor, Susan Shipton ; music, Mychael Danna.
- Notes:
- Based on a novel by Russell Banks.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, 1997; Academy Award nominee, 1997: Best director, Best adapted screenplay.
- ISBN:
- 078062162X
- OCLC:
- 39183350
- Publisher Number:
- 794043462931
- N4629V New Line Home Video
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