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Summary:

One ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik can't believe his life. His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother won't move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior, and mortality.

Contributors:

Coen, Ethan , producer, director, screenwriter

Coen, Joel , producer, director, screenwriter

Stuhlbarg, Michael , actor

Kind, Richard , actor

Melamed, Fred , actor

Lennick, Sari , actor

Arkin, Adam , actor

Landecker, Amy , actor

Mandell, Alan , actor

Finkel, Fyvush, 1922-2016 , actor

Rickman, Allen Lewis , actor

Shmulenson, Yelena , actor

Helberg, Simon , actor

Borowitz, Katherine , actor

Park, Stephen , actor

Burwell, Carter , composer

Jaynes, Roderick

Deakins, Roger A., 1949-

Focus Features

Studio Canal

Relativity Media

Working Title Films

Universal Pictures (Firm)

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles ; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.

Subjects:

Middle-aged men — Drama

Mortality — Drama

Man-woman relationships — United States — Drama

Middle-aged men.

Mortality

Man-woman relationships

United States

Genres:

Motion pictures

Dark comedy films

Comedy films

Fiction films

Feature films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1).

Performers:

Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Amy Landecker, Alan Mandell, Fyvush Finkel, Allen Lewis Rickman, Yelena Shmulenson, Simon Helberg, Katherine Borowitz, Stephen Park.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Richard Deakins ; editor, Roderick Jaynes ; music, Carter Burwell.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: "Becoming serious": explore the creative vision behind the film; "Creating 1967": take a tour of the Minneapolis neighborhoods and set pieces used in the film; "Hebrew and Yiddish for goys": unravel the mysteries of the Hebrew and Yiddish languages.
Independent Spirit Awards, 2009: Best cinematography (Roger Deakins).

Audience:

MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

SER 2009 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 025195052740
Universal Product Code: 065935833505
Publisher Number, Universal: 62106191

OCLC Numbers:

1037248930
488793663 [Invalid]