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Summary:

It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranch owner's daughter.

Contributors:

Deitch, Donna, 1945- , film producer, film director

Cooper, Natalie , screenwriter

Charbonneau, Patricia , actor

Shaver, Helen (Helen Jane), 1951- , actor

Lindley, Audra , actor

Akers, Andra , actor

Welles, Gwen, 1951-1993 , actor

Butler, Dean, 1956- , actor

Rule, Jane

Samuel Goldwyn Co. , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Subtitles: English

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Desert of the heart [by Rule, J.]

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 902

Subjects:

Lesbians — Nevada — Reno — Drama

Female friendship — Nevada — Reno — Drama

Separated people — Nevada — Reno — Drama

Nineteen fifties — Drama

Reno (Nev.) — Drama

Rule, Jane — Film adaptations

Rule, Jane

Female friendship

Separated people

Nineteen fifties

Lesbians

Nevada — Reno

Genres:

Motion pictures

Romance films

Film adaptations

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; LPCM 1.0; requires Blu-ray player.

Performers:

Cast: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwenn Welles, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie Labourdette.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Robert Estrin.

General Notes:

Based on the novel, Desert of the heart by Jane Rule.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: new, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Elswit; audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch; a new conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch; Remembering Reno: a new program featuring Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film's visual style; Women in love: new interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau; excerpt from Fiction and truths: a film about Jane Rule, a 1994 documentary about the author of Desert of the heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based; trailer; an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich on insert.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; LPCM

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

DES 1985 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681433745
1681433745

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515205917
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2824BD

OCLC Numbers:

1006513304