Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

Life is sweet / Film Four International and British Screen present a Thin Man Film ; a film by Mike Leigh ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written & directed by Mike Leigh.

Edition:

Director-approved DVD special ed.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering layabout. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for language and a scene of sensuality.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 659

Criterion collection ; 659.

Subjects:

Families -- England -- Drama.

Working class families -- England -- Drama.

Suburbs -- England -- Drama.

Twins -- England -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Comedy films.

Fiction films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Leigh, Mike, 1943- screenwriter, film director.

Channing-Williams, Simon, film producer.

Steadman, Alison, 1946- actor.

Broadbent, Jim, actor.

Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor.

Skinner, Claire, actor.

Horrocks, Jane, 1964- actor.

Thewlis, David, 1963- actor.

Brady, Moya, actor.

Rea, Stephen, actor.

Hemming, Lindy, costume designer.

Chitty, Alison, production designer.

Portman, Rachel, composer (expression)

Pope, Dick, B.S.C., director of photography.

Gregory, Jon (Film editor), editor of moving image work.

Sterritt, David, author.

Film Four International.

British Screen.

Thin Man Films (Firm)

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Other Title:

Probation.

Birth of the goalie of the 2001 F.A. cup final.

Old chums.

Light snack.

Afternoon.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.

Special features: Commentary (featuring director Mike Leigh and record in 2013); Mike Leigh at the National Film Theatre (interview with director); Five minute films (five short films written and directed by Mike Leigh in 1975): Probation, The birth of the goalie of the 2001 F.A. cup final, Old chums, A light snack, Afternoon; booklet featuring an essay by critic David Sterritt.

Costume designer, Lindy Hemming ; production designer, Alison Chitty ; music by Rachel Portman ; director of photography, Dick Pope ; edited by Jon Gregory.

Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, David Thewlis, Moya Brady, Stephen Rea.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0 surround.

English dialogue with optional English subtitles.

National Society of Film Critics Awards, U.S.A. (1992): Best actress (Steadman) ; Best supporting actress (Horrocks) ; Best film.

ISBN:

9781604657210

1604657219

9786315036002

6315036007

9786315036002 : DVD

6315036007 : DVD

Publisher Number:

CC2259D

Other Number:

833454514

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

956206

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Life is