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Paradise road / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Village Roadshow Pictures production in association with YTC Motion Picture Investments and Planet Pictures ; produced by Sue Milliken & Greg Coote ; written and directed by Bruce Beresford.

LIBRA DVD 008 751
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Beresford, Bruce, screenwriter, director.
Milliken, Sue, 1940- producer.
Coote, Greg, 1942-2014, producer.
Close, Glenn, 1947- actor.
McDormand, Frances, actor.
Collins, Pauline, 1940- actor.
Blanchett, Cate, 1969- actor.
Ehle, Jennifer, 1969- actor.
Margulies, Julianna, 1966- actor.
Edwards, Ross, composer.
Fox Searchlight Pictures, producer.
Village Roadshow Pictures, producer.
YTC Motion Picture Investments (Firm), producer.
Planet Pictures (Firm), producer.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., distributor.
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Drama.
Prisoners of war--Indonesia--Sumatra--Drama.
Prisoners of war.
World War, 1939-1945--Music and the war--Drama.
Music--Psychological aspects--Drama.
Music.
Music in prisons--Drama.
Music in prisons.
Music therapy--Drama.
Music therapy.
Female friendship--Drama.
Female friendship.
Music--Psychological aspects.
Indonesia--Sumatra.
World War, 1939-1945--Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
War films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Anamorphic widescreen.
Place of Publication:
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2000]
Language Note:
English or dubbed French language soundtrack with subtitles available in Spanish.
Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 or surround.
digital
optical
mixed
Dolby digital 5.1
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.
Participant:
Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Ehle, Julianna Margulies.
Credits:
Director of photography, Peter James ; composer, Ross Edwards ; editor, Tim Wellburn.
Notes:
"Based on a story by David Giles & Martin Meader."
Aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Includes theatrical trailer.
OCLC:
187707726
Publisher Number:
2001218 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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