Venus
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[London] : Burbank, CA : Free Range Films ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2007].
Format
DVD
Status
Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc
DVD VENUS
1 available
DVD VENUS
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc | DVD VENUS | Shelving Cart |
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Published
[London] : Burbank, CA : Free Range Films ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2007].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
786936712438
Notes
General Note
Originally produced as an English motion picture in 2006.
General Note
Bonus features: Venus: a Real Work of Art [featurette] (14 min.); Deleted scenes (4 min.); Audio commentary [view the feature with commentary by director Roger Michell and producer Kevin Loader]; Sneak peeks (8 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Haris Zambarloukos ; film editor, Nicolas Gaster ; songs by Corinne Bailey Rae ; additional music by Corinne Bailey Rae and David Arnold ; production designer, John-Paul Kelly ; costume designer, Natalie Ward.
Participants/Performers
Peter O'Toole (Maurice), Leslie Phillips (Ian), Jodie Whittaker (Jessie), Richard Griffiths (Donald), Vanessa Redgrave (Valerie).
Description
Maurice, a still-working actor whiles away his dwindling days playing bit parts (corpses, mostly) or at the local pub with a pair of equally frail footlights friends, drama queen Ian and taciturn Donald. Ian announces that his niece has sent her wayward daughter to stay with him. Jessie is a borderline hooligan, surly, self-centered, willful, and a prodigious drinker. Maurice looks at Jessie with unapologetic longing, appreciating things she can't see in herself, but also the idea of youth--specifically, womanly youth. Jessie appraises Maurice to see what she can get out of him, and they play at Henry Higgins tutoring Eliza Doolittle together. Both are prickly, independent egoists, and wherever they're going, neither is going quietly.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Rated R; for language, some sexual content and brief nudity.
System Details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround; widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1, enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
Language
In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.