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Bob's birthday : also featuring, Aria. Girls night out.

LIBRA DVD NC1765 .A556 2010 v.16
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Fine, David, screenwriter, producer, director.
Snowden, Alison, screenwriter, producer, director.
Godfrey, Patrick, 1948- composer.
Sapegin, Pjotr, 1955- director.
Reiss-Andersen, Berit, screenwriter.
Quinn, Joanna, director.
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Channel Four Films (Firm), producer.
National Film Board of Canada, producer.
Channel Four (Great Britain), producer.
Acme Filmworks, distributor.
Series:
Animation show of shows ; 16.
Animation show of shows ; 16
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Middle-aged men--Drama.
Middle-aged men.
Birthdays--Drama.
Birthdays.
Midlife crisis--Drama.
Midlife crisis.
Forty (The number)--Psychological aspects--Drama.
Forty (The number).
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Madama Butterfly--Film adaptations.
Puccini, Giacomo.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Male strippers.
Nightclubs.
Working class women.
Unrequited love.
Forty (The number)--Psychological aspects.
Unrequited love--Drama.
Working class women--Drama.
Nightclubs--Drama.
Male strippers--Drama.
Animated films.
Short films.
Genre:
Drama.
Foreign films.
Animated films.
Film adaptations.
Short films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Hollywood, CA : Acme Filmworks [distributor], [2010]
System Details:
DVD.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
"Bob's birthday: A surprise 40th birthday party goes terribly wrong when the guest of honor launches into a rant about his boring friends -- the very ones hiding in his living room ... ; Aria: Inspired by Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, this exquisite stop-motion film by Canadian director Pjotr Sapegin relates the eternal and heartbreaking tale of unrequited love ; Girls night out: ... depicts the boisterous fun that results when a group of Welsh working-class women visit a male strip-joint."--Container.
Contents:
Bob's birthday (1993, 12 min.) / Channel Four Films and National Film Board of Canada ; written, produced and directed by David Fine and Alison Snowden ; music by Patrick Godfrey
Aria (2001, 11 min.) / National Film Board of Canada ; written by Berit Reiss-Andersen ; directed by Pjotr Sapegin ; based on Madame Butterfly by Puccini
Girls night out (1987, 6 min.) / Channel 4 Television Corporation ; directed by Joanna Quinn.
Notes:
Title from container.
Contains:
Aria.
Girls night out.
ISBN:
9781934823156
1934823155
9781934823125
1934823120
9781934823187
193482318X
OCLC:
213386996

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