Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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surround rdacpc |
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DTS-HD master audio |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 920.
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System Details |
Blu-ray disc, region A; widescreen (1.66:1); requires Blu-ray player; DTS-HD master audio 5.1 surround. |
Language |
In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
Cast |
James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, A.J. Cook, Hanna Hall, Leslie Hayman, Chelse Swain, Anthony Desimone, Lee Kagan, Robert Schwartzman, Noah Shebib, Jonathan Tucker, Michael Paré, Scott Glenn, Danny DeVito; narrated by Giovanni Ribisi. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Edward Lachman ; production designer, Jasna Stefanovic ; edited by James Lyons, Melissa Kent ; costume designer, Nancy Steiner ; original score by Air. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. |
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Based on the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. |
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Wide screen (1.66:1). |
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MPAA Rating : R |
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Special features: new 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Ed Lachman and approved by director Sofia Coppola, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack; new interviews with Coppola, Lachman, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, author Jeffrey Eugenides and writer Tavi Gevinson; Making of "The virgin suicides," a 1998 documentary directed by Eleanor Coppola and featuring Sofia Coppola, Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, Eugenides, and actors Dunst, Hartnett Scott Glenn, Kathleen Turner and James Woods; "Lick the star," a 1998 short film by Sophia Coppola; official music video for Air's soundtrack song, "Playground love," directed by Coppola and her brother Roman Coppola; trailers; on insert, an essay by novelist Megan Abbott. |
Summary |
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for strong thematic elements involving teens. |
Subject |
Eugenides, Jeffrey -- Film adaptations.
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Sisters -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Parental overprotection -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Families -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teenage girls -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teenage boys -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Genre |
Teen films.
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Romance films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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Added Author |
Coppola, Sofia, 1971- film director, screenwriter.
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Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- film producer.
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Costanzo, Julie, film producer.
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Hanley, Chris (Film producer), film producer.
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Halsted, Dan, film producer.
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Woods, James, 1947- actor.
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Turner, Kathleen, 1954- actor.
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Dunst, Kirsten, 1982- actor.
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Hartnett, Josh, 1978- actor.
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Cook, A. J., 1978- actor.
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Ribisi, Giovanni, 1974- narrator.
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Kent, Melissa (Film editor), editor of moving image work.
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Lyons, James, 1960-2007, editor of moving image work.
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Lachman, Edward, 1948- director of photography.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Eugenides, Jeffrey.
Virgin suicides.
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American Zoetrope (Firm), production company.
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Air (Musical group : France), composer.
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Paramount Classics (Firm), presenter.
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Muse Productions, production company.
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Eternity Pictures, Inc., production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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Standard No. |
715515214018 |
Music No. |
CC2878BD The Criterion Collection |
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