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Secrets & lies / CIBY 2000 in association with Channel Four Films present a CIBY 2000/Thin Man production ; a film by Mike Leigh ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written and directed by Mike Leigh.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Leigh, Mike, 1943- director, screenwriter.
Channing-Williams, Simon, producer.
Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor.
Blethyn, Brenda, 1946- actor.
Logan, Phyllis, actor.
Jean-Baptiste, Marianne, actor.
Rushbrook, Claire, actor.
Dickson, Andrew, composer.
CIBY 2000 (Firm), producer.
Thin Man Films (Firm), producer.
Channel Four Films (Firm), producer.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., distributor.
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Dysfunctional families--Drama.
Dysfunctional families.
Multiracial people.
Adoption.
Adoption--Drama.
Deception--Drama.
Deception.
Multiracial people--Drama.
Motion pictures, British.
Motion pictures, French.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, British.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Widescreen.
Other Title:
Secrets and lies
Place of Publication:
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., [2004]
Language Note:
English dialogue, Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD; Region 1; Dolby surround; dual layer.
digital
optical
surround
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
After her adoptive parents die, a young black woman seeks out her natural birth mother only to discover her mother is white. Equally shocked to learn her daughter she gave up for adoption is black, Cynthia insists it's a mistake. But she soon realizes it's true and when she springs her newfound daughter on the rest of the family, the resulting chaos leads to a series of secrets and lies being revealed at last.
Participant:
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Claire Rushbook.
Credits:
Photographer, Dick Pope; editor, Jon Gregory ; music, Andrew Dickson.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.
OCLC:
57470666
Publisher Number:
024543130338

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