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The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover /

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: DV903 117 9 11/R1 | UniversalLanguage: English, German, Italian, Spanish Subtitle language: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian Publisher: United Kingdom : Universal, 2003Description: 1 videodisc (199 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Other title:

Cook, the thief, his wife and her lover
Title on container: Peter Greenaways' The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover

Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:

PN1997 .C6782 2003

Production credits:

Photography, Sacha Vierny; editor, John Wilson; music, Michael Nyman.

Cast: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Liz Smith.Summary: A modern fable and political satire on the Thatcher years in Britain set at Le Hollandais, a gourmet restaurant. The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant, all observed by the cook. This nightly display of opulence, decadence and gluttony leads to murder, torture and revenge.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02942 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050277664

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1; widescreen.

DVD release of the 1990 motion picture.

DVD; PAL2/4; Dolby digital. Requires multi-region DVD player.

In English, German, Italian, or Spanish; with subtitles in: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian.

Closed captioned.

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