Summary
Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet stars in director Todd Haynes' five-part, made-for-HBO miniseries charting the hopes and heartaches of a single, middle class, Los Angeles mother as she fights to win her daughter's affections during the Great Depression. Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, James LeGros, Mare Winningham, Melissa Leo, and Hope Davis co-star in a film based on the 1941 novel by author James M. Cain. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Additional Information
Subjects |
Single mothers
-- California
-- Los Angeles
-- Drama.
Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Drama. Mothers and daughters -- Drama. Depressions -- 1929 -- Drama. Television mini-series. Fiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | [New York?] : Burbank, CA :Home Box Office ;2012 Distributed by Warner Home Video, |
Edition | Widescreen. |
Other Titles | Mildred Pierce. |
Contributors |
Haynes, Todd.
Raymond, Jonathan. Winslet, Kate. Pearce, Guy, 1967- LeGros, James. Leo, Melissa. O'Byrne, Brian F. Wood, Evan Rachel, 1987- Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977. Mildred Pierce. Home Box Office (Firm) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Killer Films. John Wells Productions (Firm) |
Participants/Performers |
Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, James Legros, Melissa Leo, Brian F. O'Byrne, Evan Rachel Wood. |
Other Contributors |
Costume designer, Ann Roth ; music, Carter Burwell ; editors, Affonso Gonçalves, Camilla Toniolo ; production designer, Mark Friedberg ; director of photography, Edward Lachman. |
Audience |
Rating: TV-MA. |
Language |
English French Spanish In English, French, or Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish; closed-captioned. |
Notes |
Title from container. Originally broadcast on HBO as a 5-part mini-series in 2011. Based on the novel by James M. Cain. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (344 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN | 9780780682085 0780682084 |
Other | Classic View |