Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Tanner '88 / Home Box Office ; producer, Scott Bushnell ; written by Garry Trudeau ; directed by Robert Altman.

Publisher, Date:

Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2004]

Chicago, IL : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment

Description:

2 videodiscs (353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video Region 1

Summary:

During the 1988 presidential campaign, Democratic hopefuls spiritedly canvass the country, jostle for their party's nomination and the honor of opposing Republican Vice President George Bush. Then Senator Jack Tanner suddenly emerges from the shadows of a lengthy political hiatus to challenge candidates such as Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, and Michael Dukakis. Tanner is a fictitious presidential candidate who goes out on the campaign trail to shed light on America's political process and landscape.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 258

Criterion collection ; 258.

Subjects:

Democratic National Committee (U.S.) -- Drama.

Presidential candidates -- United States -- Drama.

Nominations for office -- United States -- Drama.

Legislators -- United States -- Drama.

Political campaigns -- United States -- Drama.

Politicians -- United States -- Drama.

Television comedies.

Genre:

Political television programs.

Documentary-style television programs.

Television comedies.

Fiction television programs.

Television mini-series.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Altman, Robert, 1925-2006, television director.

Bushnell, Scott, television producer.

Trudeau, G. B., 1948- screenwriter.

Murphy, Michael, 1938- actor.

Reed, Pamela, actor.

Nixon, Cynthia, actor.

Malloy, Matt, actor.

Lépine, Jean, 1948- director of photography.

Connor, Sean-Michael, editor of moving image work.

Altman, Stephen, production designer.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Title from container.

Originally released as a television mini-series in 1988.

Contains all 11 episodes of the mock-documentary television mini-series.

Special features: new digital transfer; new video discussion between series creators Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau; essays by film critic Michael Wilmington, video/critic/curator Michael Nash, and culture critic Gary Kornblau.

Accompanying leaflet laid in container: with two essays and program note.

Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.

Director of photography, Jean Lépine ; editor, Sean-Michael Connor ; production designer, Stephen Altman.

Michael Murphy, Pamela Reed, Cynthia Nixon, Harry Anderson, Matt Malloy.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, RSDL dual-layer.

Closed-captioned.

Primetime Emmy Awards, 1989: Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (Altman); CableACE Awards, 1989: Actress in a Dramatic Series (Reed).

Contents:

Disc 1. Episodes 1-5 -- Disc 2. Episodes 6-11.

ISBN:

0780029119

9780780029118

9780780029118 : DVD

0780029119 : DVD

Publisher Number:

TAN080

Other Number:

56133021

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

816652

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD TV Tanner