Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Razor's edge (Motion picture : 1984)

Title:

The razor's edge / Columbia Pictures presents a Marcucci-Cohen-Benn production of a John Byrum film ; screenplay by John Byrum & Bill Murray ; produced by Robert P. Marcucci and Harry Benn ; directed by John Byrum.

Publisher, Date:

Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002]

Description:

1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

In 1918, Larry Darrell returns home from World War I disillusioned with his materialistic society. The quest for inner peace leads Larry to reject his rich fiancee, Isabel, and go searching for truth in the Himalayas. But Larry learns that the path to enlightenment is as painful and narrow as treading the sharp edge of a razor.

Target Audience Note:

Rated PG-13.

Subjects:

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 -- Film adaptations.

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.

Materialism -- Drama.

Enlightenment -- Drama.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Drama.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Fiction films.