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Summary:

Private eye Doc Sportello's ex-old lady shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin.

Contributors:

Anderson, Paul Thomas , screenwriter, film director

Phoenix, Joaquin , actor

Brolin, Josh , actor

Wilson, Owen, 1968- , actor

Witherspoon, Reese, 1976- , actor

Pynchon, Thomas

Warner Home Video (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

In English, dubbed Spanish or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English, Spanish or French.
Closed-captioned.

Main Work:

Inherent vice (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Inherent vice [by Pynchon, T.]

Subjects:

Private investigators — Drama

Missing persons — Drama

Nineteen sixties — Drama

Los Angeles (Calif.) — Drama

Private investigators

Missing persons

Nineteen sixties

California — Los Angeles

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films

Fiction films

Comedy films

Crime films

Film adaptations

Detective and mystery films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

DVD ; region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

Performers:

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio Del Toro, Jena Malone, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Katherine Waterston.

Production Credits:

Music, Jonny Greenwood ; editor, Leslie Jones ; director of photography, Robert Elswit.

General Notes:

Title from container.
Special trailers: Los paranoias; Shasta Fay; The golden fang; Everything in this dream.
Based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon.
DVD release of the 2014 motion picture.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R; for drug use throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violence.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital

Video Characteristics:

laser optical; NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

INH 2014 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 883929388219
Publisher Number, Warner: 1000446151

OCLC Numbers:

905625790