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Summary:

An ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful after receiving a terminal diagnosis.

Contributors:

Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954- , screenwriter

Woolley, Stephen , film producer

Karlsen, Elizabeth , film producer

Hermanus, Oliver , film director

Nighy, Bill, 1949- , actor

Wood, Aimee Lou, 1995- , actor

Sharp, Alex, 1989- , actor

Burke, Tom, 1981- , actor

Levienaise-Farrouch, Emilie , composer

Wyatt, Chris, 1975- , editor of moving image work

Ramsay, Jamie , director of photography

Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) , publisher, film producer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fmp

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

County Hall Arts , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

LipSync Productions , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Rocket Science (Firm) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Kurosawa Purodakushon , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

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

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

Number 9 Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

English dialogue; English, French, or Spanish subtitles.

Included Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Ikiru (Motion picture : 1952)

Subjects:

Clerks — Drama

Life change events — Drama

London (England) — Drama

Terminally ill — Drama

Clerks

Life change events

Terminally ill.

England — London

Genres:

Motion pictures

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Film adaptations

Historical films

Psychological films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Performers:

Cast: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Tom Burke.

Production Credits:

Music, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch ; editor, Chris Wyatt ; director of photography, Jamie D. Ramsay.

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Based on Akira Kurosawa's film "Ikiru".
Originally released as a motion picture in 2022.
1.48:1 (anamorphic wide screen).
Special features: "A life semi-lived" featurette; Theatrical trailer.

Audience:

MPA rating: PG-13; for some suggestive material and smoking

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.48:1; full screen

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

LIV 2022 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 043396631694
Publisher Number, Sony Pictures Classics: 63169 (container)
Publisher Number, Sony Pictures Classics: 6864249 (disc)

OCLC Numbers:

1371521002