| Description |
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
WB Home Entertainment Group archive collection |
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Archive collection.
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| Note |
Videodisc release of the 1996 motion picture. |
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Originally released in 1996 as a motion picture. |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 |
| System Details |
DVD-R, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; stereo.; Dolby Digital Dolby surround. |
| Language |
Soundtrack in English or French with optional English and French subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Elliott, Will Patton, Kieran Mulroney, John M. Jackson, Gailard Sartain. |
| Credits |
Music, James Horner ; film editor, Margie Goodspeed ; director of photography, Rob Draper. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Summary |
Percy Talbot, a young woman who has just been released from prison after serving five years for manslaughter, decides to move to the small town of Gilead, Maine for a fresh start. Percy takes a job at the Spitfire Grill, the only restaurant in a town suspicious of outsiders, where she slowly gains the trust of [most of] the townspeople, finding acceptance and redemption. |
| Awards |
Sundance Film Festival, 1996: Audience Award - Dramatic. |
| Subject |
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Ex-convicts -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Restaurants -- Maine -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Country life -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Social acceptance -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Self-acceptance in women -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Redemption -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Maine -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Zlotoff, Lee David, screenwriter, director.
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Murray, Forrest, producer.
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Burstyn, Ellen, 1932- actor.
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Harden, Marcia Gay, actor.
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Elliott, Alison, 1970- actor.
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Patton, Will, actor.
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Mulroney, Kieran, actor.
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Jackson, John M., actor.
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Sartain, Gailard, actor.
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Horner, James, composer.
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Goodspeed, Margie, film editor.
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Draper, Rob, cinematographer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm)
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Mendocino Corporation.
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| Standard No. |
883316841884 |
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