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Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2621BD | Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 812.Publisher: New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2016]Edition: Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; 16 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1681431521
  • 9781681431529
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Tolkin, Michael. Player
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.C55 P53 2016b
Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher.Summary: A successful young Hollywood film producer, who finds his job threatened by a newcomer and his life threatened in a series of anonymous postcards, is inadvertently involved in the investigation into the death of an aspiring screenwriter, whose bereaved girlfriend he has begun dating.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation):: Player
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00332 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050309493

Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.

Based on the the novel by Michael Tolkin.

DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 surround, wide screen 1.85:1.

Essay by author Sam Wasson in container.

Features: audio commentary from 1992 featuring director Robert Altman, writer Michael Tolkin, and cinematographer Jean Lépine; interview with Altman from 1992; new interviews with Tolkin, actor Tim Robbins, associate producer David Levy, and production designer Stephen Altman; Cannes Film Festival press conference from 1992 with cast and crew; short documentary "The player at LACMA" about the shooting of the film's fundraiser scene; Map to the stars, a gallery dedicated to the cameo appearances in the film; deleted scenes and outtakes; the film's opening shot with alternate commentaries by Altman, Lépine, and Tolkin; trailers.

MPAA rating: R.

This is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players.

In English with optional English subtitles.

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