| Description |
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
| Cast |
Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Tom Georgeson, Michael Maloney, Joanna Scanlan, Shaun Parkes, Emma Kennedy, Syreeta Kumar, Andrew Simpson, Philip Davis, Wendy Nottingham, Tameka Empson, Leon Skinner, Bill Nighy, Juno Temple. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Chris Menges ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; productions designer, Tim Hatley. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for language and some aberrant sexual content. |
| Summary |
Barbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary. Barbara finds herself reaching out to Sheba. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband and their two children. Later, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having a sexual relationship with a 15-year old student, Barbara realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Sheba becomes uneasy with Barbara's friendship. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara's cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. Sheba chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined. |
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High school teachers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Scandals -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Loneliness in old age -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teacher-student relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Diaries -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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| Added Author |
Eyre, Richard, 1943-
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Dench, Judi, 1934-
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Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
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Georgeson, Tom.
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Maloney, Michael, 1957-
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Scanlan, Joanna.
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Parkes, Shaun.
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Nighy, Bill, 1949-
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BBC Films.
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DNA Films.
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Scott Rudin Productions (Firm)
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UK Film Council.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
024543438915 |
| Music No. |
2243891 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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