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The slender thread / a Paramount Picture ; an Athene production ; written by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Stephen Alexander ; directed by Sydney Pollack.
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Shana, 1925-2005, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander, Shana, 1925-2005--Film adaptations.
- Alexander, Shana.
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services)--Drama.
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services).
- Suicide--Prevention--Drama.
- Suicide.
- Seattle (Wash.)--Drama.
- Seattle (Wash.).
- Suicide--Prevention.
- Washington (State)--Seattle.
- Genre:
- Feature films -- United States.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Olive Films, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural.
- NTSC
- video file DVD video Region 1
- Summary:
- A woman takes an overdose of prescription pills and calls a crisis clinic for help. A college volunteer tries to keep the suicidal woman on the line while asking the police to trace the call. Stirling Silliphant wrote the screenplay based upon an actual incident.
- Participant:
- Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Ed Asner, Indus Arthur, Paul Newlan, Dabney Coleman.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Loyal Griggs ; editor, Thomas Stanford ; costumes, Edith Head ; music, Quincy Jones.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
- Suggested by a Life magazine article by Shana Alexander.
- For private home use only.
- OCLC:
- 809566192
- Publisher Number:
- 887090042703
- OF427 Olive Films
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