Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The Jane Austen book club [videorecording] / Sony Pictures Classics presents a John Calley/Robin Swicord production in association with Mockingbird Pictures ; produced by John Calley, Julie Lynn, Diana Napper ; written for the screen and directed by Robin Swicord.

Publisher, Date:

Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]

Description:

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

A group of six friends, in Sacramento, gather to distract themselves from loss - a newly dumped Sylvia, Prudie's repressed disappointment, or Jocelyn, who has a life of unrealized dreams. All are devoted Jane Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg, who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility (Sylvia's daughter Allegra). Throw in a fair amount of persuasion. Relationships and alliances unfolds over the months.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic material, sexual content, brief strong language, and some drug use.

Subjects:

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Characters -- Drama.

Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- California -- Sacramento -- Drama.

Friendship -- California -- Sacramento -- Drama.

Clubes del libro -- California -- Sacramento -- Teatro.

Amistad -- California -- Sacramento -- Teatro.

Feature films.

Romantic comedy films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Sacramento (Calif.) -- Drama.

Other Author:

Calley, John.

Lynn, Julie.

Napper, Diana.

Swicord, Robin.

Baker, Kathy, 1950-

Bello, Maria, 1967-

Blucas, Marc, 1972-

Blunt, Emily.

Brenneman, Amy.

Dancy, Hugh, 1975-

Grace, Maggie, 1983-

Smits, Jimmy.

Zeger, Kevin.

Redgrave, Lynn, 1943-2010.

Fowler, Karen Joy.

Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)

Mockingbird Pictures

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Based on the book by Karen Joy Fowler.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.

Special features: Deleted scenes; Cast and crew commentary; Behind-the-scenes, the life of Jane Austen; The book club: deconstructed; Los Angeles premiere.

Director of photography, John Toon ; film editor, Maryann Brandon ; music composed by Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Johnetta Boone ; production designer, Rusty Smith.

Kathy Baker, Maria Bello, Marc Blucas, Emily Blunt, Amy Brenneman, Hugh Dancy, Maggie Grace, Jimmy Smits, Kevin Zegers, Lynn Redgrave.

DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

ISBN:

1424883059

9781424883059

Publisher Number:

22515

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

208833

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Jane Aus

Medium:

[videorecording]