Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The draughtsman's contract [videorecording] / BFI Production Board in association with Channel 4 ; producer, David Payne ; written and directed by Peter Greenaway.

Publisher, Date:

[New York, N.Y.] : Zeitgeist Films : Zeitgeist Video, [2008]

Description:

1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Set in 17th-century England, an aristocratic wife commissions a young, cocksure draughtsman to sketch her husband's property while he is away-- in exchange for a fee, room and board, and one sexual favor for each of the twelve drawings. As the draughtsman becomes more entrenched in the devious schemings in this seemingly idyllic country home, curious details emerge in his drawings that may reveal a murder.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Drawing -- England -- 17th century -- Drama.

Contracts -- England -- 17th century -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- England -- 17th century -- Drama.

Adultery -- England -- 17th century -- Drama.

Murder -- England -- 17th century -- Drama.

Feature films.

Detective and mystery films.

Melodrama.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Drama.

Other Author:

Payne, David.

Greenaway, Peter.

Higgins, Anthony, 1947-

Suzman, Janet.

Lambert, Anne-Louise.

Cunningham, Neil.

Fraser, Hugh.

Hill, Dave.

Gant, David.

Meyer, David.

Meyer, Tony.

Amer, Nicholas.

BFI Production Board.

Channel Four (Great Britain)

Zeitgeist Films.

Other Title:

Peter Greenaway's The draughtsman's contract.

Notes:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.

Special features: Restored anamorphic transfer, created from Hi-Def elements; Peter Greenaway commentary and video introduction; four deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes footage and on-set interviews; interview with composer Michael Nyman; restoration demonstration; production photos and "Draughtsman's" sketches; original theatrical trailer; essays by Greenaway and cinematographer Curtis Clark.

Cinematographer, Curtis Clark ; art director, Bob Ringwood ; editor, John Wilson ; music, Michael Nyman ; costumes, Sue Blane.

Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne Louise Lambert, Neil Cunningham, Hugh Fraser, Dave Hill, David Gant, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Nicholas Amer.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; NTSC.

English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.

ISBN:

9786311717639

Publisher Number:

Z1096

Other Number:

191805791

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

217693

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Draughts

Medium:

[videorecording]