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Normal / HBO Films presents an Avenue Pictures production, a film by Jane Anderson ; written & directed by Jane Anderson ; executive producer, Cary Brokaw and Lydia Dean Pilcher.
LIBRA DVD 020 063
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Anderson, Jane, 1954---Film adaptations.
- Anderson, Jane.
- Gender transition--Drama.
- Gender transition.
- Gender reassignment surgery--Drama.
- Gender reassignment surgery.
- Gender transition--Hormone therapy--Drama.
- Families.
- Illinois.
- Married people--Drama.
- Married people.
- Families--Illinois--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen version (16x9).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : HBO Video, [2003]
- Language Note:
- English or Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital, Dolby surround.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Roy and Irma are a devoted couple living a normal life in rural Illinois. At a party celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, Roy inexplicably blacks out. As he awakens, it is with the realization that his life must change forever. Roy confesses to Irma that he's a woman trapped in a man's body and that he wants a sex change. A surprise to his wife, turns out to be a shock to the church-going community. Now Roy must face his friends, co-workers and his own children as he confronts his own transformation.
- Participant:
- Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson, Hayden Panettiere, Clancy Brown, Joe Sikora, Randall Arney, Richard Bull, Mary Seibel.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Alar Kivilo ; editor, Lisa Fruchtman ; music, Alex Wurman ; costume designer, Hope Hannafin ; production designer, Nina Ruscio.
- Notes:
- Based on the play "Looking for normal" by Jane Anderson.
- Special features: audio commentary by writer/director Jane Anderson.
- Emmy Awards, 2003: Emmy - Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic) (Hallie D'Amore (key makeup artist), Linda Melazzo (makeup artist), Dorothy J. Pearl (makeup for Ms. Lange)).
- ISBN:
- 0783123663
- 9780783123660
- OCLC:
- 52605978
- Publisher Number:
- 026359202520
- 92025 HBO Video
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