Title The cook, the thief, his wife & her lover [(DVD) videorecording] / Miramax Films ; Allarts in association with Elsevier Vendex presents ; a co-production between Allarts Cook, Erato Films, Films Inc. ; produced by Kees Kasander ; written & directed by Peter Greenaway.

Edition

Widescreen edition.

Publication Info.	Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc., [2001]
	©2001

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1210934~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
95th Street Adult DVD Fiction	F COO	AVAILABLE

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Description	1 videodisc (DVD) (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Note	Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85:1).
	Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
	Includes theatrical trailers.
Credits	Photography, Sacha Vierny ; editor, John Wilson ; music, Michael Nyman ; co-produced by Denis Wigman, Pascale Dauman, Daniel Toscan du Plantier.
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.
Audience	MPAA rating: NC-17.
System Details	DVD
Subject	Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	Adultery -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	Revenge -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	Deception -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	Feature films -- Videodiscs.
	DVDs.
Added Author	Greenaway, Peter.
	Kasander, Kees.
	Bohringer, Richard.
	Gambon, Michael.
	Mirren, Helen.
	Howard, Alan, 1937-
	Roth, Tim.
	Miramax Films.
	Allarts (Firm)
	Elsevier Vendex Film.
	Allarts Cook Ltd.
	Erato Films.
	Films Incorporated.
	Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.
Standard No.	013131139198
Music No.	DV11391 Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc.

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