| Description |
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Focus Features spotlight series.
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| System Details |
DVD, dual layer, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
English or French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the novel by Susan Minot. |
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Special features: Deleted scenes; featurettes. |
| Cast |
Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Mamie Gummer, Eileen Atkins, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Gyula Pados ; editor, Allyson C. Johnson ; music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Caroline Hanania. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic elements, sexual material, a brief accident scene and language. |
| Summary |
Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Constance is a content wife and mother. Nina is a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their mother? Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann's life as their mother is tended to by a night nurse as she journeys into her mind back to a summer weekend some fifty years before, before she was married, going from New York City to be maid of honor at the high-society Newport wedding of her dearest friend from college, Lila Wittenborn. The bride-to-be is jittery, and turns to her maid of honor rather than her own mother for support. Ann stays close to her friend, yet is even closer to Lila's irrepressible brother Buddy. Unexpected feelings surge forth once Ann meets wedding guest Harris Arden, a lifelong friend and intimate of the Wittenborn family. Ann's love for Harris will change her life, and those of her daughters, forever. |
| Subject |
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Terminally ill -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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First loves -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Friendship -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Sharp, Jeffrey.
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Minot, Susan.
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Cunningham, Michael, 1952-
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Koltai, Lajos.
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Danes, Claire, 1979-
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Collette, Toni.
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Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
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Wilson, Patrick, 1973-
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Dancy, Hugh, 1975-
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Richardson, Natasha.
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Gummer, Mamie.
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Atkins, Eileen, 1934-
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Streep, Meryl.
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Close, Glenn, 1947-
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Minot, Susan.
Evening.
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Hart-Sharp Entertainment (Firm)
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
025193344625 |
| Music No. |
62033446 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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