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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.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Sharp, Jan, screenwriter, film producer, producer.
Angier, Carole, 1943- screenwriter, screenwriter.
Duigan, John, 1949- screenwriter, film director, director.
Parker, Nathaniel, 1962- actor, actor.
York, Michael, 1942- actor, actor.
Ward, Rachel, 1957- actor, actor.
Lombard, Karina, actor, actor.
Copeland, Stewart, composer.
Laughing Kookaburra Productions, production company, producer.
Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher, publisher.
Lisa Beth Deutsch Memorial Book Fund.
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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