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Title Iris [videorecording] / Miramax Films, BBC Films, Intermedia Films present a Mirage Enterprises, Robert Fox/Scott Rudin production of a Richard Eyre film ; producers, Robert Fox, Scott Rudin ; writers, Richard Eyre, Charles Wood ; director, Richard Eyre.

Imprint Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002], c2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD Iris    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Based on the books Iris : a memoir and elegy for Iris and Iris and her friends : a memoir of memory and desire by John Bayley.
Special features: a look at "Iris"; a special message from David Hyde Pierce; Alzheimer's Association honors "Iris" and Jim Broadbent.
Credits Director of photography, Roger Pratt ; editor, Martin Walsh ; music composed & conducted by James Horner ; costume designer, Ruth Myers ; production designer, Gemma Jackson.
Cast Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton.
Summary Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Form Also issued on VHS.
System Details DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound ; widescreen (1.85:1).
Language Includes French dubbed version.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Awards Academy Awards, USA, 2002: Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jim Broadbent)
Subject Murdoch, Iris -- Marriage -- Drama.
Bayley, John, 1925-2015 -- Marriage -- Drama.
Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Drama.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Drama.
Feature films.
DVD-Video discs.
Genre/Form Biographical films.
Added Author Fox, Robert, 1952-
Rudin, Scott, 1958-
Eyre, Richard, 1943-
Wood, Charles, 1932-
Dench, Judi, 1934-
Broadbent, Jim.
Winslet, Kate.
Bonneville, Hugh.
Wilton, Penelope, 1946-
Pratt, Roger, 1947-
Walsh, Martin.
Horner, James.
Myers, Ruth.
Jackson, Gemma, 1951-
Bayley, John, 1925-2015 Iris.
Miramax Films.
BBC Films.
Intermedia Films.
Mirage Enterprises.
ISBN 0788834576
Standard No. 786936178272
031398150718
Music No. 25749 Miramax Home Entertainment
32185 Lionsgate

 
    
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