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Best boy ; Best man / [presented by] the Association for the Help of Retarded Children, New York City Chapter and Only Child Motion Pictures ; produced, directed, and edited by Ira Wohl.
LIBRA DVD HV3006.A4 B47 2004 disc 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Best boy (Motion picture : 1979)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wohl, Phillip.
- Wohl, Ira.
- People with mental disabilities--United States.
- People with mental disabilities.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- DVD-Video discs.
- documentary film.
- Documentary films
- Biographical films.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Docurama : New Video Group, ©2004.
- Language Note:
- English dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Best boy: "follows Philly Wohl, a cheerful and lovable 52 year old who's been mentally handicapped since birth and still lives with his parents. When his cousin, filmmaker Ira Wohl, questions what will happen to Philly once his elderly parents can no longer care for him, the family embarks on a mission to help Philly become more independent"--Container. Best man: follow-up to Best boy which revisits Philly 20 years later
- Contents:
- [Disc 1]: Best boy
- [disc 2]: Best man.
- Participant:
- Philly Wohl, Ira Wohl.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Tom McDonough.
- Notes:
- Best boy originally released as a motion picture in 1979; Best man originally released in 1998.
- Winner, New York Film Critics Circle, best documentary
- Winner, Toronto International Film Festival, People's Choice Award
- Academy Award winner: Best Documentary Feature.
- Special feature: filmmaker biography.
- Contains:
- Best man.
- ISBN:
- 0767064690
- 9780767064699
- OCLC:
- 54955769
- Publisher Number:
- 767685961131
- 76785961131
- NVG-9611 New Video
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