| Description |
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
| Series |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; no. CC2745DDVD |
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Criterion collection ; no. CC2745DDVD.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Melvyn Douglas, Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine. |
| Language |
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
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Special features: new documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team; excerpts from a 1980 American Film Institute seminar with director Hal Ashby; author Jerzy Kosinksi in a 1979 appearance on the Dick Cavett Show; appearances from 1980 by actor Peter Sellers on NBC's today and the Don Lane show; promo reel featuring sellers and Ashby; trailer and TV spots; deleted scene, outtakes, and an alternate ending; plus: an essay by critic Mark Harris. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Note |
MPAA Rating: PG |
| Summary |
Chance is a pure-hearted gardener forced out of moneyed seclusion and into the urban wilds of Washington, D.C., after the death of his employer. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles haplessly into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon who mistakes his new protégé's mumbling about horticulture for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife targets Chance as the object of her desire. |
| Subject |
Gardeners -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Political consultants -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Kosiński, Jerzy, screenwriter.
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Ashby, Hal, film director.
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Douglas, Melvyn, actor.
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Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980, actor.
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MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781681432823 |
| Standard No. |
715515195317 |
| Music No. |
CC2745DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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