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Household saints / Fine Line Features and Jonathan Demme present a Jones Entertainment Group, Newman-Guay production ; a film by Nancy Savoca ; screenplay by Richard Guay & Nancy Savoca ; produced by Richard Guay & Peter Newman ; directed by Nancy Savoca.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 037 118 disc 1-2
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Milestone cinematheque
- The Milestone cinematheque
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prose, Francine, 1947---film adaptations.
- Prose, Francine.
- Italian American families--Drama.
- Italian American families.
- Mothers and daughters--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Little Italy (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
- Little Italy (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.).
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : Kino Lorber
- Place of Publication:
- [Harrington Park, New Jersey] : Milestone Film and Video, [2024]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, region free; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 5.1 surround; Dolby Audio 2.0 stereo.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- stereo
- sound
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Nancy Savoca's star-studded indie gem Household Saints is a chronicle of a spirited Italian American New York family that perfectly balances humor, tragedy, and pathos. Joseph Santangelo is a butcher with a wicked sense of humor who 'wins' his wife Catherine in a pinochle game. Over the protests of his mother who talks to ghosts and makes deals with saints, Joseph marries Catherine. When the old lady dies, her spirit is channeled into her granddaughter Teresa who yearns to serve God. Perfectly embodying a modern-day Bernadette, Lili Taylor imbues Teresa with a mix of dedicated innocence and naivete. Executive produced by Jonathan Demme, with memorable performances from Michael Imperioli, Michael Rispoli, and Victor Argo, Household Saints showcases a unique voice in 1990s independent filmmaking.
- Participant:
- Lili Taylor, Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Imperioli.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Bobby Bukowski ; original music, Stephen Endelman ; edited by Elizabeth Kling.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
- Based on the novel by Francine Prose.
- "Digitally restored and remastered by Lightbox Film Center at University of the Arts (Philadelphia) in collaboration with Milestone Films with support fom Ron and Suzanne Naples."
- Wide screen (1.85:1).
- Extras: Renata (1982, Nancy Savoca's student film) ; Bad timing (1983, Nancy Savoca's student film) ; The many miracles of Household saints (2023, making-of documentary by Martina Savoca-Guay) ; Archival interviews with Jonathan Demme, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tracey Ullman, Lili Taylor, Nancy Savoca, Richard Guay, Judith Malina, Peter Newman ; New interview with Nancy Savoca and Lili Taylor by Richard Guay (courtesy of the Criterion Collection).
- Title from title frames.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Contains:
- Renata
- Bad timing
- Many miracles of Household saints
- OCLC:
- 1423331143
- Publisher Number:
- 738329266004
- K26600 Kino Lorber
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