Summary
With a powerhouse ensemble cast, writer-director Mike Leigh's Palme d'Or-winning film is a tour de force of sustained tension and catharsis that lays bare the emotional fault lines running beneath the surface of everyday lives.
Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 1070. |
| Subjects |
Adoption
-- Drama.
Deception -- Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [New York] :The Criterion Collection,2021 |
| Edition | Director-approved special edition, Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
Leigh, Mike,
1943- screenwriter, film director. Channing-Williams, Simon, film producer. Jean-Baptiste, Marianne, actor. Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor. Blethyn, Brenda, 1946- actor. Logan, Phyllis, actor. Rushbrook, Claire, actor. Dickson, Andrew, 1979- composer. CIBY 2000 (Firm), presenter, production company. Channel Four Films (Firm), presenter. Thin Man Films (Firm), production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Claire Rushbrook. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Dick Pope ; editor, Jon Gregory ; music, Andrew Dickson. |
| Language |
English In English; with English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. Special features: new conversation between Leigh and composer Gary Yershon; new conversation between actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste and film critic Corrina Antrobus ; audio interview with Leigh from 1996; trailer; essay by film programmer and critic Ashley Clark. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 2.0 surround. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 18 cm). |
| ISBN | 9781681438153 1681438151 |
| Other | Classic View |