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Tell me a riddle

Warner Bros. Pictures; Godmother Productions and Saul Zaentz present; a Godmother Production of; a Lee Grant film; screenplay by Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle; producers, Mindy Affrime, Rachel Lyon, and Susan O'Connell; directed by Lee Grant
Resource Type:
DVD Video
Creation:
Created or produced in 1980
Publication:
Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures, [2008]
Distribution:
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video
Copyright:
©2008
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Summary:
David and Eva have grown elderly, their 47 years of togetherness have left them tense, fraught, caught in habit, isolation, and personal indifference. Then Eva is diagnosed with inoperable cancer, with less than a year to live. Hoping to reconnect with their children, David takes his spouse on a trip across country, ending at the San Francisco apartment of their granddaughter, Jeannie. In attempting to show their love, husband and children fail to listen to the Eva's expressed wishes. It is this inability to be heard that has tormented her entire life--and will torment her into her deathbed.
Table of Contents:
  • Too old for this
  • On and off
  • Selling the house
  • Eva's illness
  • Family picture
  • Omaha blues
  • Prison memories
  • You hide here too?
  • Jeannie's territory
  • Seeing San Francisco
  • Meeting Mrs. Mays
  • No room to breathe
  • Missing her things
  • Coping with the pain
  • I want to go home
  • Terrible truth
  • Birthday party memories
  • Touched again
  • They will sustain you
  • Legacy to pass on
  • Farewell party.
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Contributors:
Grant, Lee, 1927- , director
Eliason, Joyce , screenwriter
Croutier, Alev Lytle, 1944- , screenwriter
Affrime, Mindy , producer
Lyon, Rachel , producer
O'Connell, Susan , producer
Douglas, Melvyn , actor
Kedrova, Lila , actor
Adams, Brooke, 1949- , actor
Olsen, Tillie
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
Godmother Productions
Saul Zaentz Company
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.
Related Works:
Tell me a riddle [by Olsen, T.]
Subjects:
Cancer — Patients — United States — Drama
Married people — United States — Drama
Working class — United States — Drama
Older women — United States — Drama
Man-woman relationships — Drama
Older people — United States — Drama
Olsen, Tillie — Film adaptations
Olsen, Tillie
Cancer
Married people
Working class
Older women
Man-woman relationships
Older people
Cancer — Patients
United States
Genres:
Motion pictures
Feature films
Romance films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Drama
System Details:
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; "matted" widescreen format, preserving the aspect ratio of the theatrical exhibition, 1.85:1, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
Performers:
Cast: Melvyn Douglas (David), Lila Kedrova (Eva), Brooke Adams (Jeannie).
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Fred Murphy ; film editor, Suzanne Pettit ; music composed by Sheldon Shkolnik ; production designer, Patrizia Von Brandenstein.
General Notes:
Based on Tillie Olsen's novella.
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1980.
Audience:
PG.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics:
plastic; metal; polychrome
Audio Characteristics:
digital; optical; stereo; Dolby
Digital Characteristics:
video file; DVD video; region 1
Call Numbers:
TEL 1980 DVD
ISBNs:
1419824325
9781419824326
Other Standard Numbers:
Universal Product Code: 012569753143
Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: 75314
OCLC Numbers:
191220917