| Description |
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical DTS rda |
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video file Blu-ray region A rda |
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Motion picture |
| System Details |
Blu-ray; 1920x1080p; DTS; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
Soundtrack in English; optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Tony Shaloub, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi, David Warrilow, Richard Portnow, Christopher Murney. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; editor, Roderick Jaynes ; music, Carter Burwell ; costume designer, Richard Hornung ; production designer, Dennis Gassner. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. |
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Wide screen (2.35:1). |
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MPAA Rating: R |
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Special features: Interviews with actors John Turturro and Michael Lerner, producer Ben Barenholz, composer Carter Burwell, and sound editor Skip Lievsay; 8 deleted scenes. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Summary |
Fink is a New York playwright who reluctantly relocates to Hollywood to write screenplays. Ordered to write a low budget screenplay about wrestling, Fink manages to type one sentence and then ... nothing. Although his chatty insurance salesman neighbor Charlie helps out by teaching Fink about wrestling, the clock ticks, the temperature rises, and Fink's life spins more and more out of control. |
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, 1991: Palme d'Or (Joel Coen) ; Best Director (Joel Coen) ; Best Actor (John Turturro). |
| Subject |
Writer's block -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Dramatists -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Wrestling -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Dark comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Coen, Joel, film director, screenwriter.
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Coen, Ethan, film producer, screenwriter.
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Turturro, John, 1957- actor.
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Goodman, John, 1952- actor.
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Davis, Judy, 1956- actor.
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Lerner, Michael, 1941- actor.
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Mahoney, John, 1940-2018, actor.
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Shalhoub, Tony, 1953- actor.
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Polito, Jon, actor.
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Buscemi, Steve, 1957- actor.
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Warrilow, David, actor.
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Portnow, Richard, 1950- actor.
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Murney, Christopher, actor.
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Deakins, Roger A., 1949- director of photography.
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Jaynes, Roderick, editor of moving image work.
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Burwell, Carter, composer (expression)
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Hornung, Richard, costume designer.
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Gassner, Dennis, production designer.
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Circle Films, presenter, production company.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher.
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Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.
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| Standard No. |
738329207403 |
| Music No. |
K20740 Kino Lorber |
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