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Life is sweet / Film Four International and British Screen present a Thin Man Film ; a film by Mike Leigh ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written & directed by Mike Leigh.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 021 995 disc + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Sterritt, David, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 659.
- Criterion collection ; 659
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--England--Drama.
- Families.
- Suburbs--England--Drama.
- Suburbs.
- Twins--England--Drama.
- Twins.
- England.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([18] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Director-approved DVD special edition ; widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital 2.0 surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 2.0
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering layabout. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
- Participant:
- Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, David Thewlis, Moya Brady, Stephen Rea.
- Credits:
- Costume designer, Lindy Hemming ; production designer, Alison Chitty ; music by Rachel Portman ; director of photography, Dick Pope ; edited by Jon Gregory.
- Notes:
- 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
- Special features: Commentary (featuring director Mike Leigh); Mike Leigh at the National Film Theatre (interview with director); Five minute films (five short films written and directed by Mike Leigh in 1975): Probation, The birth of the goalie of the 2001 F.A. cup final, Old chums, A light snack, Afternoon. Booklet features an essay by critic David Sterritt.
- Contains:
- Probation
- Birth of the goalie of the 2001 F.A. cup final
- Old chums
- Light snack
- Afternoon
- ISBN:
- 9781604657210
- 1604657219
- OCLC:
- 833454514
- Publisher Number:
- 715515105514
- CC2259D The Criterion Collection
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