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The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio / Dreamworks Pictures and Revolution Studios present ; an Imagemovers production ; produced by Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis ; written for the screen and directed by Jane Anderson.
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Ryan, Terry, 1946-2007. Prize winner of Defiance, Ohio, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Ryan, Terry, 1946-2007--Film adaptations.
- Ryan, Terry.
- Ryan, Evelyn--Drama.
- Ryan, Evelyn.
- Housewives--Ohio--Defiance--Drama.
- Housewives.
- Contests--United States--Drama.
- Contests.
- Families--Ohio--Defiance--Drama.
- Families.
- Ohio--Defiance.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographical 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 (1 hr., 39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen presentation.
- Place of Publication:
- [Universal City, CA] : DreamWorks Pictures : Distributed by Universal Pictures, [2006]
- Language Note:
- Dialogue in English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC; region 1; DVD-9; single sided; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby digital 2.0
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan. Offers a revealing study of the housewife's plight during the Eisenhower era, along with an inspiring tale of tenacity and survival against formidable odds. Evelyn is a cheerfully strong-willed mother of ten who compensates for the failings of her alcoholic husband by becoming the most successful "contester" in the country. Between the mid-1950s and the early '60s, Evelyn submitted cleverly worded poems, jingles, and slogans in corporate sponsored contests. Winning everything from palm trees and pogo-sticks to sports cars and cash, she somehow mangages to hold the financially desperate family together with happy smiles and a rock-solid defiance.
- Participant:
- Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Trevor Morgan, Ellary Porterfield, Simon Reynolds.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Jonathan Freeman ; art director, Andrew M. Stearn ; editor, Robert Dalva ; music, John Frizzell ; costume designer, Hala Bahmet ; production designer, Edward T. McAvoy.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Based on the book "The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio: how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less" by Terry Ryan.
- Features: Filmmaker commentaries ; photo gallery.
- ISBN:
- 1417030852
- 9781417030859
- OCLC:
- 62709432
- Publisher Number:
- 678149196429
- 91964 DreamWorks Pictures
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