Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The catcher was a spy / IFC and Palmstar Media present ; an Animus Films/Serena Films and Palmstar Media production ; in association with Finch Entertainment, Windy Hill Pictures and FilmNation Entertainment ; produced by Kevin Frakes, Tatiana Kelly, Buddy Patrick, Jim Young ; written by Robert Rodat ; directed by Ben Lewin.

Publisher, Date:

Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment, [2018]

Description:

1 videodisc (94 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

stamping

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Region 1

Summary:

The true story of Moe Berg, professional baseball player, Ivy League graduate, attorney, and a top-secret spy who helped the US win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality, violence and language.

Subjects:

Berg, Moe, 1902-1972 -- Drama.

Catchers (Baseball) -- Biography -- Drama.

Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.

Spies -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States -- Drama.

Genre:

Historical films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Biographical films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Lewin, Ben, 1946- film director.

Rodat, Robert, screenwriter.

Frakes, Kevin Scott, 1978- film producer.

Kelly, Tatiana, film producer.

Patrick, Buddy, 1984- film producer.

Young, Jim (James M.), film producer.

Rudd, Paul, actor.

Daniels, Jeff, 1955- actor.

Giamatti, Paul, actor.

Miller, Sienna, 1981- actor.

Pierce, Guy, actor.

Nielsen, Connie, 1965- actor.

Strong, Mark, 1963- actor.

Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960- actor.

Whigham, Shea, 1969- actor.

Wilkinson, Tom, 1948-2023 actor.

Giannini, Giancarlo, actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Dawidoff, Nicholas. Catcher was a spy.

Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

Independent Film Channel, production company.

PalmStar Media Capital, production company.

Animus Films (Firm), production company.

Serena Films, production company.

Finch Entertainment, production company.

Windy Hill Pictures (Firm), production company.

FilmNation Entertainment (Firm), production company.

Other Title:

Container of (work): Catcher was a spy (Motion picture).

Notes:

Based on the book by Nicholas Dawidoff.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.

Wide screen.

Special feature: Deleted scenes.

Costume designer, Joan Bergin ; production designer, Luciana Arrighi ; editor, Mark Yoshikawa ; music, Howard Shore ; director of photography, Andrij Parekh.

Paul Rudd, Jeff Daniels, Paul Giamatti, Sienna Miller, Guy Pierce, Connie Nielsen, Mark Strong, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shea Whigham, Tom Wilkinson, Giancarlo Giannini.

DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

In English; English subtitles; closed-captioned.

ISBN:

9786317481305 : DVD

631748130X : DVD

Publisher Number:

59199649000

Other Number:

1049155321

System Availability:

2

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