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Summary:

After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man's Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe's literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950s. The Wife interweaves the story of the couple's youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later--a lifetime's shared compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love.

Contributors:

Runge, Björn, 1961- , film director

Anderson, Jane, 1954- , screenwriter

Swedlin, Rosalie (Producer) , film producer

Foldager, Meta Louise, 1974- , film producer

Tempest, Piers, 1973- , film producer

Bamford, Jo , film producer

Bluemhuber, Claudia, 1969- , film producer

Close, Glenn, 1947- , actor

Slater, Christian , actor

Pryce, Jonathan , actor

Irons, Max, 1985- , actor

McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961- , actor

Lloyd, Harry, 1983- , actor

Starke, Annie, 1988- , actor

Biggar, Trisha , costume designer

Leese, Mark , production designer

Pook, Jocelyn , composer

Runge, Lena, 1959- , editor of moving image work

Brantås, Ulf , director of photography

Wolitzer, Meg

Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Silver Reel (Firm) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Meta Film London , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Anonymous Content (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Tempo Productions (Great Britain) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Embankment Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Creative Scotland (Organization) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Spark Film & TV , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Film i Väst (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Chimney (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English
Spanish
French

Language Notes:

In English or Spanish with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); optional English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.

Included Works:

Wife (Motion picture)

Wife (Motion picture) (Spanish)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Wife [by Wolitzer, M.]

Subjects:

Authors' spouses — Drama

Authorship — Collaboration — Drama

Fiction — Authorship — Drama

Novelists — Drama

Married women — Drama

Husband and wife — Drama

Authors' spouses

Authorship — Collaboration

Authorship

Fiction — Authorship

Fiction

Novelists

Married women

Husband and wife

Genres:

Motion pictures

Film adaptations

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities

Drama

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Performers:

Cast: Glenn Close, Christian Slater, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Elizabeth McGovern, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke.

Production Credits:

Costume designer, Trisha Biggar ; production design, Mark Leese ; music, Jocelyn Pook ; editor, Lena Runge ; director of photography, Ulf Brantås.

General Notes:

Based on the book by Meg Wolitzer.
Originally produced in 2017 and released as a motion picture in 2018.
Wide screen (2.40:1).
Special features: Keeping secrets: Glenn Close on The wife ; In conversation with the cast of The wife ; Q&A with Glenn Close & author Meg Wolitzer; theatrical trailer.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R; language and some sexual content.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

WIF 2017 DVD

ISBNs:

9786317462236
6317462232

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 043396543478
Global Trade Identification Number 14: 00043396543478
Publisher Number, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: 54347

OCLC Numbers:

1077721698