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The Grifters / Miramax Films ; Cineplex Odeon Films ; screenplay, Donald E. Westlake ; producers, Martin Scorsese, Robert A. Harris, Jim Painten ; director, Stephen Frears.
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .G7548 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Miramax collector's series
- Miramax award-winning collection
- Standardized Title:
- Grifters (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977--Film adaptations.
- Thompson, Jim.
- Swindlers and swindling--Drama.
- Swindlers and swindling.
- Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977.
- Genre:
- Feature films -- United States.
- Detective and mystery films
- Drama
- Feature films
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films.
- Mystery films.
- Crime films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- plastic
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Miramax Films : Distributed by Buena Vista Entertainment, [2002], ℗1985.
- Language Note:
- English or dubbed French dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround sound.
- digital
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Three con artists walk on the razor's edge of life. Lilly has decided it's time to get out, and wants her son out, too. But Roy has fallen for sleek Myra, who wants him for her partner.
- Participant:
- John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening.
- Credits:
- Music, Elmer Bernstein ; director of photography, Oliver Stapleton ; production designer, Dennis Gassner ; editor, Michael Audsley.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Jim Thompson.
- Dual-layer format: layer transition may trigger a slight pause.
- Bonus material: feature commentary track with director Stephen Frears, screenwriter Donald E. Westlake and actors John Cusack and Anjelica Huston; the making of The Grifters; The Jim Thompson story; The Grifters scrapbook.
- For private home use only.
- ISBN:
- 9780788837753
- 0788837753
- OCLC:
- 50741822
- Publisher Number:
- 096009772390
- 786936190953
- 27184 Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- Online:
- Credits from Internet Movie Database
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