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The act : the complete limited series / written by Nick Antosca, Michelle Dean.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 037 098 disc 1-2
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Television adaptation of (work): Dean, Michelle, Dee Dee wanted her daughter to be sick, Gypsy wanted her mom to be murdered., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dean, Michelle--Television adaptations.
- Dean, Michelle.
- Mothers and daughters--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Child abuse--Drama.
- Child abuse.
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy--Drama.
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Television crime shows.
- Biographical television programs.
- Television programs.
- Television adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (approx. 7 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Universal City, CA : Universal, [2024]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presntation; 5.1 Dolby Digital; [color].
- digital
- optical
- 5.1 Dolby Digital
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- From writers Nick Antosca (Channel Zero) and Michelle Dean comes The Act, based on Dean's 2016 Buzzfeed article "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered" and explores the tragic relationship between young Gypsy Blanchard and her overprotective mother Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette, in her Primetime Emmy winning performance). As Gypsy strives to break free from her mom's controlling influence, she begins to uncover a host of secrets that propel her down a deadly path.
- Participant:
- Joey King, Patricia Arquette, Chloe Sevigny.
- Notes:
- Title from web page.
- Wide screen (2.39:1)
- Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2019.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1422546649
- Publisher Number:
- 840418301814
- 16607832
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