Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Single man (Motion picture : 2009)

Title:

A single man / the Weinstein Company ; Fade to Black Productions presents in association with Depth of Field ; director of photography, Eduard Grau ; produced by Tom Ford, Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, Robert Salerno ; written for the screen by Tom Ford, David Scearce ; directed by Tom Ford.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Boston, Mass.] : Fade to Black Productions, [2009]

Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010]

Description:

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

anamorphic widescreen version (2:40:1)

DVD-Video NTSC

video file DVD Video region 1

Summary:

After the death of his longtime partner, a British college professor in Los Angeles struggles to find meaning in his life. As he dwells in the past, he begins to contemplate suicide. A series of events and encounters will lead him to question if there really is a meaning to his life after all.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing images and nudity/sexual content.

Subjects:

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. Single Man -- Film adaptations.

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. Single Man -- Drama.

Gay men -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.

Gay men -- Drama.

College teachers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.

Grief -- Drama.

Loneliness -- Drama.

Feature films.

Film adaptations.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Ford, Tom, 1961- producer, screenwriter, director.

Grau, Eduard, 1981- cinematographer.

Weitz, Chris, 1969- producer.

Miano, Andrew, producer.

Salerno, Robert, producer.

Scearce, David, screenwriter.

Firth, Colin, 1960- actor.

Moore, Julianne, actor.

Goode, Matthew, 1978- actor.

Hoult, Nicholas, 1989- actor.

Kortajarena, Jon, 1985- actor.

Lamori, Paulette, actor.

Simkins, Ryan, 1998- actor.

Goodwin, Ginnifer, actor.

Phillips, Arianne, costume designer.

Korzeniowski, Abel, 1972- composer.

Umebayashi, Shigeru, 1951- composer.

Sobel, Joan, editor of a moving image work.

Bishop, Dan, production designer.

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. Single man.

Weinstein Company.

Fade to Black Productions (2005- )

Depth of Field (Firm)

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.

Special features: Commentary with producer/director, Tom Ford (optional commentary subtitles); "The making of a single man" featurette (approximately 16 min.).

For private home use only.

Costume design, Arianne Phillips ; music by Abel Korzeniowski ; additional music by Shigeru Umebayashi ; editor, Joan Sobel ; production design, Dan Bishop ; art director, Ian Phillips ; set decorator, Amy Wells.

Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult, Jon Kortajarena, Paulette Lamori, Ryan Simkins, Ginnifer Goodwin, Teddy Sears, Paul Butler, Aaron Sanders, Aline Weber.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.

Home use - Inquire for classroom rights.

In English with optional English or English SDH subtitles.

Winner, Best Actor (Colin Firth), 2010 BAFTA Awards ; Winner, Best Actor (Colin Firth), 2009 Venice Film Festival.

ISBN:

9786313652181

6313652185

Publisher Number:

35383

35383LIT

35385

Other Number:

606626497

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

899808

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Single m