| Description |
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, dual-layer. |
| Language |
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliet Howland, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Li Feng. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; art director, Peta Lawson ; editor, Alexandre de Franceschi ; music, Alexandre Desplat ; costume designer, Ruth Myers ; visual effects supervisor, Paul Butterworth. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content. |
| Summary |
Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth. |
| Awards |
Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat). |
| Subject |
Physicians -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Married people -- China -- Shanghai -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Adultery -- China -- Shanghai -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Cities and towns -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Epidemics -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Shanghai (China) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Man-woman relationships in motion pictures.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Curran, John.
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Watts, Naomi, 1968-
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Schreiber, Liev.
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Jones, Toby.
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Rigg, Diana.
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Howland, Juliet.
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Wong, Anthony.
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Steed, Maggie.
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Laurence, Lorraine.
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Lee, Johnny.
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Feng, Li.
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Desplat, Alexandre.
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Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Painted veil.
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Bob Yari Productions.
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Class 5 Films (Firm)
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Colleton Company.
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Emotion Pictures (Firm)
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Mark Gordon Company.
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Warner China Film HG Corporation.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419818198 |
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9781419818196 |
| Standard No. |
012569585577 |
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085391137580 |
| Music No. |
58557 Warner Home Video |
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11375890 Warner Home Video |
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