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BrainDead. Season one / Scott Free Productions ; King Size Productions ; CBS Television Studios.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
King, Michelle (Television producer), creator.
King, Robert (Screenwriter), creator.
Shalhoub, Tony, 1953- actor.
Tveit, Aaron, actor.
Pino, Danny, 1974- actor.
Winstead, Mary Elizabeth, actor.
Buckley, David, 1976- composer (expression).
Scott Free Productions, production company.
King Size Productions, production company.
CBS Studios Inc., production company.
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., publisher.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, distributor.
Standardized Title:
BrainDead (Television program). Season 1.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Legislators--United States--Drama.
Legislators.
Extraterrestrial beings--Drama.
Extraterrestrial beings.
Opposition (Political science)--United States--Drama.
Opposition (Political science).
Washington (D.C.)--Drama.
Washington (D.C.).
United States.
Genre:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Television comedies.
Science fiction television programs.
Horror television programs.
Drama.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Television programs for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (9 hr., 21 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Distribution:
Hollywood, California : Paramount.
Other Title:
Brain dead. Season one
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : CBS, [2016]
Language Note:
In English; open captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; 16:9 presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks..
digital optical surround
NTSC
video file DVD video
Summary:
When struggling documentary filmmaker Laurel Healy takes a job working with her brother, Senator Luke Healy, she soon discovers there's more to Washington than meets the eye. As tensions grow amongst political parties, so does a conspiracy involving alien bugs replacing the brains of several members of congress. The investigation unfolds while the infection spreads. Whatever's happening, it's clear this isn't politics as usual.
Contents:
Disc 1. The insanity principle ; Playing politics ; Goring oxes ; Wake up grassroots
Disc 2. Back to work ; Notes toward a post-Reagan theory of party alliance, tribalism, and loyalty ; The power of euphemism
Disc 3. The path to war, part one ; Taking on water ; The path to war, part two
Disc 4. Six points on the new congressional budget ; Talking points toward a wholistic view of activism in government ; The end of all we hold dear.
Participant:
Tony Shalhoub, Aaron Tveit, Danny Pino, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Nikki M. James, Johnny Ray Gill, Paige Patterson.
Credits:
Music, David Buckley.
Notes:
Creators, Michelle King, Robert King.
Originally broadcast as individual episodes of the television program in 2016.
Widescreen.
Special features: Trickle-down invasion: the story of BrainDead; Strange bedfellows: the characters of BrainDead; The third party: the politics of BrainDead; Gag reel.
For private home use only.
ISBN:
9786316692931
6316692935
OCLC:
961187040
Publisher Number:
032429254832
032429254825
00032429254832 gtin-14
59182424000 CBS
2064366 CBS

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