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The last days of disco / Universal ; Focus Features ; Westerly Films ; executive producer, John Sloss ; co-producers, Cecilia Kate Roque, Edmon Roch ; written, produced & directed by Whit Stillman.
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 485.
- The Criterion collection ; 485
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stillman, Whit, 1952---Film adaptations.
- Stillman, Whit.
- Stillman, Whit, 1952-.
- Discotheques--United States--Drama.
- Discotheques.
- Publishers and publishing--Employees--Drama.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Man-woman relationships--United States--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Women--Sexual behavior--United States--Drama.
- Women.
- Friendship--United States--Drama.
- Friendship.
- Women--Sexual behavior.
- Publishers and publishing--Employees.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Comedy films.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Director-approved special edition, widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
- Language Note:
- English subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Depicts the 'last days' at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. Icy Charlotte and demure Alice toil by day as publishing house assistants and by night the two look for romance and entertainment at a premier disco club. But, as the disco is closed, they wonder if disco can ever really be dead?
- Participant:
- Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman, Mackenzie Astin, Matt Keeslar, Matthew Ross, Burr Steers, Tara Subkoff, Michael Weatherly, David Thornton, Jaid Barrymore, Sonsee Ahray, Edoardo Ballerini, Scott Beehner, Kathleen Chalfant, John C. Havens, Carlos Jacott, Leslie Lyles, Mark McKinney, James Murtaugh, Linda Pierce, Sharon Scruggs, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Beals.
- Credits:
- Composer, Mark Suozzo ; editing, Andrew Hafitz, Jay Pires ; cinematography, John Thomas
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 1.78:1.
- DVD release of the 1998 motion picture.
- Special features: Audio commentary with director Whit Stillm and actors Chloë Sevigny and Chris Eigeman; Four deleted scenes with commentary by Stillman, Eigeman, and Sevigny; "From the novel" audio only, Whit Stillman reads from his book 'The last days of disco' with 'Cocktails at Petrossian afterwards' and an epilogue, 'Life among the moon worshippers'; Behind the scenes featurette; Stills gallery with production notes by Stillman; Original theatrical trailer. Booklet: Essay 'Pop paradise' by novelist David Schickler.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781604651799
- 1604651792
- OCLC:
- 369176262
- Publisher Number:
- 715515048217
- CC1829D Criterion Collection
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