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Blinded by the light

DVD

2019

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Blinded by the light / New Line Cinema presents in association with Levantine Films and Ingenious Media ; a Bend It Films production ; screenplay by Sarfraz Manzoor, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges ; produced by Jane Barclay, Jamal Daniel ; directed and produced by Gurinder Chadha.
Publisher, Date:	Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, [2019] ©2019
Description:	1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical video file DVD video region 1
Summary:	Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13 (thematic material and language including some ethnic slurs).
Subjects:	Springsteen, Bruce -- Influence -- Drama. Pakistanis -- Great Britain -- Drama. Teenagers -- Great Britain -- Drama. Music -- Drama. Nineteen eighties -- Drama.
Genre:	Comedy films. Musical films. Historical films. Fiction films. Feature films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:	Chadha, Gurinder, film director, film producer, screenwriter. Manzoor, Sarfraz, 1971- screenwriter. Berges, Paul Mayeda, screenwriter. Barclay, Jane, 1960- film producer. Daniel, Jamal, film producer. Kalra, Viveik, actor. Ghir, Kulvinder, 1965- actor. Ganatra, Meera, actor Williams, Nell, 1998- actor. Phagura, Aaron, actor. Chapman, Dean-Charles, 1997- actor. Brydon, Rob, 1965- actor. Atwell, Hayley, 1982- actor. Rahman, A. R., composer. Smithard, Ben, director of photography. Krish, Justin, editor of moving image work. Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Manzoor, Sarfraz, 1971- Greetings from Bury Park. New Line Cinema Corporation, presenter. Levantine Films, presenter. Ingenious Media, presenter. Bend It Films, production company. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Notes:	Based on the book "Greetings form Bury Park: race, religion and rock 'n' roll" by Sarfraz Manzoor. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2019. Wide screen. Special feature: making-of featurette. Original score by A. R. Rahman ; editor, Justin Krish ; director of photography, Ben Smithard. Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra, Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura, Dean-Charles Chapman, Rob Brydon, Hayley Atwell. DVD; region 1; widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); descriptive audio.
ISBN:	9786317963573 : DVD 6317963576 : DVD
Publisher Number:	1000747909 2000151345 3000082291 12430788
Other Number:	1117553218
System Availability:	6
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	816593
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Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Blinded

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