Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Rocket science / HBO Films and Picturehouse present ; a Duly Noted, Inc. production ; a B & W Films production ; written & directed by Jeffrey Blitz ; produced by Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch.

Publisher, Date:

[New York, N.Y.] : HBO Video, [2007]

Description:

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

videofile DVD video region 1

Summary:

In spite of his stuttering problem, the high school debate team star invites Hal to join the team. Stumbling his way to the championship, Hal falls in love, gains confidence, and ultimately realizes that love and life should not be rocket science.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for some sexual content and language.

Subjects:

Stuttering in adolescence -- Drama.

Debates and debating -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

New Jersey -- Fiction.

Genre:

Comedy films.

Coming-of-age films.

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Willems, Jo.

Gorskaya, Yana.

Barzelay, Eef.

Blitz, Jeffrey, 1969-

Brown, Effie T.

Welch, Sean, 1965-

Thompson, Reece Daniel.

Kendrick, Anna.

D'Agosto, Nicholas, 1980-

Piazza, Vincent (Vincent Francis), 1976-

Martindale, Margo, 1951-

Yoo, Aaron, 1979-

Kay, Josh.

Park, Stephen, 1951-

Ginsberg, Maury.

Ambudkar, Utkarsh.

O'Hare, Denis, 1962-

HBO Films.

Picturehouse (Firm)

Duly Noted, Inc.

B & W Films.

HBO Video (Firm)

Other Title:

Sundance 2007 - Directing Award Dramatic to Jeffrey Blitz

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.

DVD is c2007; released in 2008.

Special features: The making of Rocket Science; Rocket science music video.

For private home use only.

Director of photography, Jo Willems ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; music, Eef Barzelay.

Reece Daniel Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D'Agosto, Vincent Piazza, Margo Martindale, Aaron Yoo, Josh Kay, Stephen Park, Maury Ginsberg, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Denis O'Hare.

DVD, NTSC, widescreen presentation 16:9; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.

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

LCCN:

2005641128

ISBN:

0783153252

9780783153254

0883316791448

Publisher Number:

94152

Other Number:

181104894

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

773106

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Rocket s