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Polite society / Focus Features presents ; a Working Title production ; in association with Parkville Pictures ; written and directed by Nida Manzoor ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Olivier Kaempfer, John Pocock.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 037 197
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Pakistanis--Great Britain--Drama.
- Pakistanis.
- Martial arts--Drama.
- Martial arts.
- Sisters--Drama.
- Sisters.
- Weddings--Drama.
- Weddings.
- Rescues--Drama.
- Rescues.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Action and adventure films.
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Martial arts films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Motion pictures, Great Britain.
- Films for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Distribution:
- [Universal City, Calif.] : Studio Distribution Services
- Place of Publication:
- Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English, dubbed French and dubbed Spanish dialogue; optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English described video.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Digtial 5.1 (English, dubbed French, dubbed Spanish)
- digital
- optical
- surround
- 5.1 Dolby Digital
- sound
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- A merry mashup of sisterly affection, parental disappointment, and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan, who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
- Participant:
- Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Nimra Bucha, Akshay Khanna, Seraphina Beh, Ella Bruccoleri, Shona Babayemi, Shobu Kapoor, Jeff Mirza.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Ashley Connor ; editor, Robbie Morrison ; music, Tom Howe and Shez Manzoor.
- Notes:
- Title and credits from screen; title also appears in Devanagari and Arabic script.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2023.
- Wide screen (2.39:1).
- For private home use only.
- 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.
- Contains:
- Container of: Polite society (Motion picture)
- Container of: Polite society (Motion picture). French.
- Container of: Polite society (Motion picture). Spanish.
- OCLC:
- 1381483908
- Publisher Number:
- 191329245811
- 191329245620
- 00191329245811 gtin-14
- 1000826632 Universal Studios (container)
- 3000094282 Universal Studios (container)
- 1236335 Universal Studios (disc)
- 2000181155 Universal Studios (disc)
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