| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, 2.0 Dolby digital, DTS, Region 1 encoding. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renee Zellweger, Billy Connolly, Svetlana Efremova, Patrick Fugit, Cole Hauser, Noah Wyle. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Elliot Davies ; editor, Chris Ridsdale ; music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Susie DeSanto ; production designer, Donald Graham Burt. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002. |
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Based on the novel by Janet Fitch. |
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Special features: additional scenes; Bravo special "The making of White oleander"; HBO first look: "The journey of White oleander". |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic elements concerning dysfunctional relationships, drug content, language, sexuality and violence. |
| Summary |
Ingrid, a smart, free-spirited, and somewhat narcissistic artist kills her deceitful lover in a crime of passion. Even while serving a prison sentence, she exerts control over her adoring teenage daughter, Astrid, who's forced to spend her teenage years in a series of foster homes before becoming her own person. Explores the strange relationship of Ingrid and Astrid, and includes Astrid's relationship with her foster mothers. At first merely an appendage of her mother, Astrid develops as a result of her peripatetic adolescence. |
| Awards |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, 2003; KCFCC Award - Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Pfeiffer) |
| Subject |
Mothers and daughters -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Children of prisoners -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Foster mothers -- 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 |
Kosminsky, Peter.
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Lohman, Alison, 1979-
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Wright, Robin, 1966-
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Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957-
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Zellweger, Renée, 1969-
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| ISBN |
0790772639 |
| Standard No. |
085392341429 |
| Music No. |
23414 Warner Home Video |
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