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Wide sargasso sea / a Laughing Kookaburra production ; screenplay by Jan Sharp, Carole Angier, John Duigan ; produced by Jan Sharp ; directed by John Duigan.
LIBRA DVD 028 146
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Archive collection
- Warner Archive Collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhys, Jean.
- Man-woman relationships--Jamaica--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Creoles--Jamaica--Drama.
- Creoles.
- Husband and wife--Drama.
- Husband and wife.
- Occultism.
- Family secrets.
- Jamaica.
- Family secrets--Drama.
- Occultism--Drama.
- Jamaica--Drama.
- Rhys, Jean--Film adaptations.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Romance films.
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : distributed by Warner Home Video, [2015]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English subtitles.
- Closed-captioned in English.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, widescreen (16x9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, 5.1 surround; DTS, stereo.
- digital optical 5.1 surround stereo Dolby Digital DTS
- NTSC
- video file DVD video
- Summary:
- The story is meant to be a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre, surmising what drove the first Mrs. Rochester mad in that novel. Set in Jamaica in the 1840's.
- Participant:
- Nathaniel Parker, M\ichael York, Rachel Ward, Karina Lombard, Martine Beswick, Claudia Robinson.
- Credits:
- Music, Stewart Copeland ; director of photography, Geoff Burton ; editors, Anne Goursaud, Jimmy Sandoval.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Jean Rhys.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
- Includes both R-rated and NC-17 versions.
- This disc is expected to play back in DVD video 'Play Only' devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container insert.
- Widescreen (16x9, 1.85:1).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lisa Beth Deutsch Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 925379521
- Publisher Number:
- 888574320676
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