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Life is sweet / Film Four International and British Screen present a Thin Man Films production ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written and directed by Mike Leigh.
LIBRA BLU RAY PN1997 .L5334 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Sterritt, David, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 659.
- The Criterion collection ; 659
- Standardized Title:
- Life is sweet (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Drama.
- Families.
- Twins--Drama.
- Twins.
- Food trucks--Drama.
- Food trucks.
- Suburbs--England--Drama.
- Suburbs.
- England.
- Genre:
- Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
- Comedy films
- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Comedy films.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Motion pictures, United Kingdom.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([18] pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm).
- Edition:
- Director approved Blu-ray special ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : The Criterion Collection, ©2013.
- Language Note:
- English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- Blu-ray Disc, Region A, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; dts-HD Master Audio 2.0 surround; requires Blu-ray player.
- Summary:
- An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering lay about. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
- Participant:
- Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, David Thewlis, Moya Brady, Stephen Rea.
- Credits:
- Costume designer, Lindy Hemming ; production designer, Alison Chitty ; music by Rachel Portman ; director of photography, Dick Pope ; edited by Jon Gregory.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
- Special features: Commentary (featuring director Mike Leigh recorded in 2013); Mike Leigh at the National Film Theatre (interview with director from 1991); Five minute films (five short films written and directed by Mike Leigh in 1975): Probation, The birth of the goalie of the 2001 F.A. cup final, Old chums, A light snack, Afternoon; new restored 2K digital film transfer supervised by the director of photography; booklet featuring an essay by critic David Sterritt.
- Contains:
- Probation.
- Birth of the goalie of the 2001 F.A. cup final.
- Old chums.
- Light snack.
- Afternoon.
- ISBN:
- 9781604657227
- 1604657227
- OCLC:
- 842415988
- Publisher Number:
- 715515105613
- CC2258BD The Criterion Collection
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