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The painted veil / Warner Independent Pictures and Bob Yari Production ; Yari Film Groups releasing ; the Mark Gorden Company presents ; a Collector Company ; Pictures Class 5 Films ; Dragon Studios Production ; a Warner China Film HG Corporation Co-Production ; screenplay by Ron Nyswaner ; produced by Edward Norton and Naomi Watts ; directed by John Curran.
LIBRA DVD 011 608
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965--Film adaptations.
- Maugham, W. Somerset.
- Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
- Physicians--England.
- Physicians.
- Married people--China--Shanghai--Drama.
- Married people.
- Adultery--China--Shanghai--Drama.
- Adultery.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Epidemics.
- Cities and towns.
- China.
- China--Shanghai.
- England.
- Cities and towns--China--Drama.
- Epidemics--China--Drama.
- Shanghai (China)--Drama.
- Shanghai (China).
- China--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Romance films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Film adaptations.
- Medical films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, distributor, [2007]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth.
- Participant:
- Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliet Howland, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Li Feng.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, Alexandre de Franceschi ; music, Alexandre Desplat ; piano soloist, Lang Lang.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
- Aspect ratio 2.40:1.
- Originally released in 2006.
- Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat)
- ISBN:
- 1419818198
- OCLC:
- 85856292
- Publisher Number:
- 012569585577
- 58557 Warner Home Video
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