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The Secret agent / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Hayman/Hoskins production in association with Capitol Films ; a film by Christopher Hampton.
LIBRA DVD 011 508
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924--Film adaptations.
- Conrad, Joseph.
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
- Anarchists--Drama.
- Anarchists.
- Bombings--Drama.
- Bombings.
- Conspiracies--Drama.
- Conspiracies.
- London (England)--Drama.
- London (England).
- Motion pictures, British.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Spy films.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Doublesided; widescreen and full screen.
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English, French, or Spanish audio in Dolby surround; optional English or Spanish subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD NTSC; Dolby surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Verloc, ostensibly a quiet shopkeeper in 1880's London, is actually a double agent, spying for the Russian embassy against exiled anarchists as well as reporting his findings to the British police. He faces an unexpected test of allegiance when he is ordered to plant a bomb that will wreak havoc on the British public.
- Participant:
- Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, Jim Broadbent, Christian Bale.
- Credits:
- Producer, Norma Heyman; writer/director, Christopher Hampton ; director of photography, Denis Lenoir; editor, George Akers; music, Philip Glass.
- Notes:
- DVD release of the 1996 motion picture.
- Based on the novel of the same title by Joseph Conrad.
- OCLC:
- 78684556
- Publisher Number:
- 024543173359
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