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The Resource Iris, Miramax Films/BBC Films/Intermedia Films present a Mirage Enterprises/Robert Fox/Scott Rudin production ; produced by Robert Fox, Scott Rudin ; written by Richard Eyre, Charles Wood ; director, Richard Eyre, (DVD)

Iris, Miramax Films/BBC Films/Intermedia Films present a Mirage Enterprises/Robert Fox/Scott Rudin production ; produced by Robert Fox, Scott Rudin ; written by Richard Eyre, Charles Wood ; director, Richard Eyre, (DVD)

Label
Iris
Title
Iris
Statement of responsibility
Miramax Films/BBC Films/Intermedia Films present a Mirage Enterprises/Robert Fox/Scott Rudin production ; produced by Robert Fox, Scott Rudin ; written by Richard Eyre, Charles Wood ; director, Richard Eyre
Contributor
Subject
Language
  • engfre
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's
Cataloging source
TEF
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Executive producers, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Guy East, David M. Thompson, Tom Hedley, Harvey Weinstein
Intended audience
Rated R
Language note
English or French dialogue; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1958-
  • 1943-
  • 1934-
  • 1946-
  • 1925-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Fox, Robert
  • Rudin, Scott
  • Eyre, Richard
  • Dench, Judi
  • Broadbent, Jim
  • Winslet, Kate
  • Bonneville, Hugh
  • Wilton, Penelope
  • Bayley, John
  • Miramax Films
  • BBC Films
  • Intermedia Films
  • Mirage Enterprises
  • Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
91
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Murdoch, Iris
  • Bayley, John
  • Women novelists, English
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Biographical films
  • Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Iris, Miramax Films/BBC Films/Intermedia Films present a Mirage Enterprises/Robert Fox/Scott Rudin production ; produced by Robert Fox, Scott Rudin ; written by Richard Eyre, Charles Wood ; director, Richard Eyre, (DVD)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Videodisc release of the 2001 motion picture
  • Based on John Bayley's books "Iris: a memoir" and "Elegy for Iris."
  • Academy Award - Jim Broadbent for Best supporting actor, 2001
  • Special features: A look at "Iris" ; A special message from David Hyde Pierce ; Alzheimer's Association honors "Iris" and Jim Broadbent
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Control code
ocm49231547
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (91 min.)
Isbn
9780788834578
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 786936178272
  • 191329202623
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
25749
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(Sirsi) ADC-9539
System details
DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1
Video recording format
laserdisc
Label
Iris, Miramax Films/BBC Films/Intermedia Films present a Mirage Enterprises/Robert Fox/Scott Rudin production ; produced by Robert Fox, Scott Rudin ; written by Richard Eyre, Charles Wood ; director, Richard Eyre, (DVD)
Publication
Note
  • Videodisc release of the 2001 motion picture
  • Based on John Bayley's books "Iris: a memoir" and "Elegy for Iris."
  • Academy Award - Jim Broadbent for Best supporting actor, 2001
  • Special features: A look at "Iris" ; A special message from David Hyde Pierce ; Alzheimer's Association honors "Iris" and Jim Broadbent
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Control code
ocm49231547
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (91 min.)
Isbn
9780788834578
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 786936178272
  • 191329202623
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
25749
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(Sirsi) ADC-9539
System details
DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1
Video recording format
laserdisc

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