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Children of a lesser god / director, Randa Haines.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 037 280
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Medoff, Mark, 1940-2019--Film adaptations.
- Medoff, Mark.
- Deaf people--Education--Drama.
- Deaf people.
- Deaf women--Education--Drama.
- Deaf women.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Deaf people--Education.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Romance films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Widescreen edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English or dubbed French dialogue; optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, mono.
- Summary:
- An unorthodox speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with a beautiful and rebellious ex-student.
- John Leeds and Sarah Norman are two strong-willed people who discover that real love needs no words. John teaches at a school for the deaf. Sarah used to be the school's brightest student, though she refused to read lips, and is now employed as its custodian. John immediately falls for the beautiful and stubborn Sarah, but soon realizes he must get past her anger to reach her heart. Together, they begin a challenging, frustrating, and enlightening journey.
- Participant:
- Philip Bosco, William Hurt, Piper Laurie, Marlee Matlin.
- Credits:
- Music, Michael Convertino ; editor, Lisa Fruchtman ; production design, Gene Callahan ; director of photography, John Seale.
- Notes:
- Title from web page.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.
- Release date: Jan. 20, 2009.
- Based on Children of a lesser god / by Mark Medoff.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the The London Hilfers Family Endowment for the Study of Women in Cinema and Media Arts.
- ISBN:
- 1415746125
- 9781415746127
- OCLC:
- 266046463
- Publisher Number:
- 097361398143
- 883929312450 5.99
- 810134942486
- 139814 Paramount Home Entertainment
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