Spa night / a Nonetheless, Extraordinary Renditions and First Birthday production ; written and directed by Andrew Ahn ; produced by David Ariniello, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Kelly Thomas.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Class of 1924 Book Fund.
• Ahn, Andrew, screenwriter, film director.
• Ariniello, David, film producer.
• Caruso, Giulia (Producer), film producer.
• Thomas, Kelly (Producer), film producer.
• Seo, Joe, actor.
• Kim, Haerry, actor.
• Song, Tae, actor.
• Cho, Youn Ho, actor.
• Chung, Ho Young, actor.
• Kim, Ki Jin, film producer, director of photography.
• Chalkiadakis, Yannis, editor of moving image work.
• Ki, Hyein, production designer.
• Moran, Emily, costume designer.
• Nonetheless Productions (Firm), production company.
• Extraordinary Renditions (Firm), production company.
• First Birthday (Firm), production company.
• Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm), publisher.

Language:

• English
• Korean

Subjects (All):

• Health resorts.
• Gay men--Drama.
• Gay men.
• Health resorts--Drama.
• Teenage boys--Drama.
• Teenage boys.
• Feature films.

Genre:

• Fiction films.
• Feature films.
• Drama.
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
• Korean Americans.
• Feature films -- United States.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• 4 3/4 in. stamping

Place of Publication:

Culver City, CA : Strand Releasing Home Video, [2016]

Language Note:

• In Korean and English; optional subtitles in English.
• Open-captioned in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

System Details:

• DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.33:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 surround.
• digital optical surround
• widescreen (2.33:1)
• NTSC
• video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Los Angeles' Korean spas serve as meeting place and bridge between past and future for generations of immigrant families; Spa Night explores one Korean-American family's dreams and realities as each struggles with the overlap of personal desire, disillusionment and sense of tradition.

Participant:

Joe Seo, Haerry Kim, Tae Song, Youn Ho Cho, Ho Young Chung, Linda Han.

Credits:

Director of photography, Ki Jin Kim; editor, Yannis Chalkiadakis; production designer, Hyein Ki; costume designer, Emily Moran.

Notes:

• Winner: 2017 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.
• Videodisc releasse of the motion picture produced in 2016.
• Special features: interview with Andrew Ahn & Joe Seo; deleted/extended scenes; Joe Seo's audition tape; alternative trailer; original theatrical trailer.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

OCLC:

965145224

Publisher Number:

• 712267361229
• 00712267361229 gtin-14
• 3612-2 Strand Releasing Home Video

Online:

• Credits from Internet Movie Database
• The Class of 1924 Book Fund Home Page