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Summary:

"When visitors from a distant galaxy return to earth on a secret mission, their other-worldly powers afford a group of senior citizens who had expected nothing more from life than bingo, shuffleboard, aches and pains, the chance to recapture their youth"--Container.

Table of Contents:

• side A. Widescreen presentation ; Commentary by Ron Howard ; "Behind the scenes" featurette ; "Creating Antareans" featurette
• side B. Full screen presentation ; Commentary by Ron Howard.

Contributors:

Ameche, Don

Brimley, Wilford, 1934-2020

Cronyn, Hume

Dennehy, Brian

Gilford, Jack

Guttenberg, Steve, 1958-

Stapleton, Maureen

Tandy, Jessica

Verdon, Gwen

Ware, Herta

Welch, Tahnee

Howard, Ron

Benedek, Tom

Saperstein, David

Zanuck, Richard D.

Brown, David, 1916-2010

Zanuck, Lili Fini

Horner, James

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Languages:

English
Spanish
French

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
In English, Spanish or French with optional English or Spanish subtitled versions.

Subjects:

Older people — Drama

Human-alien encounters — Drama

Older people

Human-alien encounters

Genres:

Motion pictures

Science fiction films

Feature films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

DVD.

Performers:

Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch.

Production Credits:

Director, Ron Howard ; screenplay, Tom Benedek ; story, David Saperstein ; producers, Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Lili Fini Zanuck ; music, James Horner.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
"Full screen version modified from its original theatrical version. This version has been formatted to fit your screen"--Container.
"Widescreen version presented in a letterbox widescreen format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition"--Container.
Special features: commentary by director Ron Howard; Behind-the-scenes featurette; Ron Howard profile; underwater training; actors; Creating Antareans; TV spots; theatrical teaser; scene selection.
Academy Awards, 1986: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Don Ameche); Best Effects, Visual Effects (Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry).

Audience:

MPAA rating: PG-13.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

COC DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 024543115878

OCLC Numbers:

1053088076
55644473 [Invalid]