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Venus [videorecording] / Miramax Films, FilmFour and UK Film Council present a Free Range Film ; produced by Kevin Loader ; written by Hanif Kureishi ; directed by Roger Michell.

Loader, Kevin. (Added Author). Kureishi, Hanif. (Added Author). Michell, Roger, 1956-2021 (Added Author). O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013 (Added Author). Phillips, Leslie, 1924-2022 (Added Author). Whittaker, Jodie, 1982- (Added Author). Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013 (Added Author). Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937- (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). FilmFour (Firm) (Added Author). Free Range Films (Firm) (Added Author). Miramax Films. (Added Author). Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). UK Film Council. (Added Author). Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave. (Cast).

Summary:

Maurice, a still-working actor whiles away his dwindling days playing bit parts (corpses, mostly) or at the local pub with a pair of equally frail footlights friends, drama queen Ian and taciturn Donald. Ian announces that his niece has sent her wayward daughter to stay with him. Jessie is a borderline hooligan, surly, self-centered, willful, and a prodigious drinker. Maurice looks at Jessie with unapologetic longing, appreciating things she can't see in herself, but also the idea of youth--specifically, womanly youth. Jessie appraises Maurice to see what she can get out of him, and they play at Henry Higgins tutoring Eliza Doolittle together. Both are prickly, independent egoists, and wherever they're going, neither is going quietly.

Record details

ISBN: 0788870823
ISBN: 9780788870828
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment, [2007]
Distributor: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Bonus features: Feature commentary with director Roger Michell and producer Kevin Loader; deleted scenes; "Venus: a real work of art" featurette. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. Widescreen presentation.
Formatted Contents Note:	Opening credits/Aging -- Jessie -- Overindulgence -- "A corpse more or less" -- Modeling job -- Will to live -- Theoretical interest -- Pleasure -- Goodbyes -- Easily tempted -- Little walk -- Venus -- Much better idea -- Carry on -- End credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Haris Zambarloukos ; editor, Nicolas Gaster ; music by Corrine Bailey Rae ; costume designer, Natalie Ward ; production designer, John-Paul Kelly.
Participant or Performer Note:	Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexual content and brief nudity.
System Details Note:	DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	English dialogue; subtitled for the hearing impaired.