The house of mirth
(DVD)
Contributors
Davies, Terence, 1945-2023, screenwriter,
Stewart, Olivia, producer.
Anderson, Gillian, 1968- actor.
Aykroyd, Dan, actor.
Bron, Eleanor, actor.
Stewart, Olivia, producer.
Anderson, Gillian, 1968- actor.
Aykroyd, Dan, actor.
Bron, Eleanor, actor.
Published
[London] : Granada Films ;, [2001].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
[London] : Granada Films ;, [2001].
Language
English
UPC
043396064553
Notes
General Note
From the novel "The house of mirth" by Edith Wharton.
General Note
Special features: Director commentary [audio feature]; Deleted scenes with optional commentary (13 min.); Filmographies [text feature]; Theatrical trailers (12 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Remi Adefarasin ; editor, Michael Parker ; production designer, Don Taylor ; costume designer, Monica Howe ; musical director, Adrian Johnston ; hair & make-up, Jan Harrison Shell.
Participants/Performers
Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Eric Stoltz.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally released as a British motion picture in 2000.
Description
The story takes place at the opening of a new century, one that held forth all kinds of promises, especially for women. In this post-Victorian Fifth Avenue milieu, Lily Bart, an unmarried woman of 29 with dwindling prospects, needs a husband badly. She lives beyond her means, relying on the grudging charity of her elderly aunt. She is the kind of girl who would make an admirable decoration on some fine gentleman's arm, but there is a liveliness--a knowingness--in her eyes that alarms potential suitors. Lily is unsuccessful in her search for a haven, because she values her emotional and financial independence. To her eternal sorrow, it is other women, the doyennes of high society, who obliquely, ruthlessly, keep that independence forever out of poor Lily's reach.
System Details
DVD format; region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, 2.0 Dolby digital surround; widescreen presentation, preserving the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition.
Language
In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Benefactors -- Drama.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Friendship -- Drama.
Inheritance and succession -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
Romantic plays.
Single women -- Drama.
Social classes -- Drama.
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Wharton, Edith, -- 1862-1937 -- Film adaptations.
Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
Women -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Young men -- Drama.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Friendship -- Drama.
Inheritance and succession -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
Romantic plays.
Single women -- Drama.
Social classes -- Drama.
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Wharton, Edith, -- 1862-1937 -- Film adaptations.
Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
Women -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Young men -- Drama.
Other Subjects