Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

Sophie's choice / ITC Entertainment ; screenplay by Alan J. Pakula ; produced by Alan J. Pakula and Keith Barish ; directed by Alan J. Pakula.

Publisher, Date:

[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]

Los Angeles, CA : Shout Factory ; [United States] : ITV Studios Global Entertainment, [2014]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical 1080p High-Definition

NTSC

video file Blu-Ray region A

Summary:

A haunting modern tragedy about Sophie Zawistowska, a beautiful Polish Auschwitz survivor settled in Brooklyn after WWII. She has intense relationships with a schizophrenic genius and an aspiring Southern writer.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R.

Subjects:

Holocaust survivors -- Drama.

Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

War films.

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Romance films.

Other Author:

Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998, screenwriter, film producer, film director.

Barish, Keith, film producer.

Streep, Meryl, actor.

Kline, Kevin, actor.

MacNicol, Peter, 1954- actor.

Halmer, Gunther Maria, 1943- actor.

Sommer, M. Josef, narrator.

Almendros, Nestor, director of photography.

Hamlisch, Marvin, composer (expression)

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Styron, William, 1925-2006. Sophie's choice.

Incorporated Television Company, production company.

Shout! Factory (Firm), publisher.

ITV Studios, film distributor.

Notes:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.

Special features: New roundtable conversation with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and more!; Audio commentary with director Alan J Pakula; theatrical trailer.

Based on the novel by William Styron.

Director of photography, Nestor Almendros ; music, Marvin Hamlisch.

Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Gunther Maria Halmer, Josef Sommer (narrator).

Blu-ray, region A, NTSC, 1080p High-Definition, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1); DTS HD Master Audio; requires Blu-ray player.

Academy Award, 1982: Best actress (Meryl Streep)

Publisher Number:

BD 14489

Other Number:

915086083

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

954811

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

BLU MOVIE Sophie's