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Focus / Michael R. Bloomberg and Focus Productions present ; a Robert A. Miller production ; in association with Carros Pictures ; a Neal Slavin film ; produced by Robert A. Miller, Michael R. Bloomberg ; screenplay by Kendrew Lascelles ; produced and directed by Neal Slavin.
LIBRA DVD Judaica 346
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. Focus, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005--Film adaptations.
- Miller, Arthur.
- Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005.
- Toleration--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Toleration.
- Mistaken identity--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Mistaken identity.
- Antisemitism--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Antisemitism.
- Antisemitism--United States--Societies, etc--Drama.
- Social conditions.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
- United States--Social conditions--1933-1945--Drama.
- United States.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen format.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009?]
- Language Note:
- In English, with optional English subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Set at the height of World War II, this story follows the lives of a Brooklyn man and his wife as they become the victims of their bigoted community, who mistakenly believe them to be Jewish.
- Participant:
- William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer, Meat Loaf Aday, Kay Hawtrey, Joseph Ziegler, Kenneth Welsh.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Juan Ruiz-Anchia ; music, Mark Adler ; editor, Tariq Anwar ; costume designer, Vicki Graef.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
- Based on the novel: Focus / by Arthur Miller.
- Special feature: Featurette with interviews of author Miller and Slavin discussing the original novel and pre-production (13 min.).
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.
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