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The boys are back

DVD

2010

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	The boys are back / Miramax Films presents ; in association with BBC Films and Screen Australia, and South Australian Film Corporation and Hopscotch Productions ; a Tiger Aspect Pictures production ; in association with Southern Light Films ; a Scott Hicks film ; screenplay by Allan Cubitt ; produced by Greg Brenman and Tim White ; directed by Scott Hicks.
Publisher, Date:	[United States] : Miramax Films, 2010. Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2010.
Description:	1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical NTSC video file DVD video region 1
Summary:	After the unexpected death of his wife, a sportswriter finds himself consumed with grief and completely unprepared to raise two boys. Determined to bring joy back into their lives, he takes a 'just say yes' approach to parenting. And as freedom reigns, chaos ensues.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: PG-13; for some sexual language and thematic elements.
Subjects:	Carr, Simon, 1952- -- Film adaptations. Fathers and sons -- Australia -- Drama. Widowers -- Australia -- Drama. Single fathers -- Australia -- Drama. Motherless families -- Australia -- Drama. Sportswriters -- Australia -- Drama. Grief in men -- Drama. Child rearing -- Drama.
Genre:	Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Film adaptations.
Other Author:	Cubitt, Allan, screenwriter. Brenman, Greg, film producer. White, Tim (Film producer), film producer. Hicks, Scott, film director. Owen, Clive, actor. Booth, Emma, 1982- actor. Fraser, Laura, 1976- actor. MacKay, George, 1992- actor. McAnulty, Nicolas, 2002- actor. Fraser, Greig, 1975- director of photography. Gray, Scott (Film editor), editor of moving image work. Lindes, Hal, composer (expression) Motion picture adaptation of (work): Carr, Simon, 1952- Boys are back. Sigur Rós (Musical group) Miramax Films, presenter, publisher. BBC Films, presenter. Screen Australia, presenter. South Australian Film Corporation, presenter. Hopscotch Productions, presenter. Tiger Aspect Productions, production company. Southern Light Films, production company. Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
Other Title:	Container of (work): Boys are back (Motion picture)
Notes:	Based on the memoir by Simon Carr. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Wide screen (2.35:1). Bonus features: "The boys are back: a photographic journey" with optional commentary by director Scott Hicks; "A father and two sons" on set. Director of photography, Greig Fraser ; editor, Scott Gray ; composer, Hal Lindes ; songs by Sigur Rós. Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser, George Mackay, Nicholas McAnulty. DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound. English or Spanish dialogue; optional subtitles in Spanish; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing; closed-captioned.
ISBN:	0788898043 9780788898044 9786318565769 : DVD 6318565760 : DVD
Publisher Number:	102339 102716
Other Number:	495569310
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	922916
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Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Boys are

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