The human stain / Miramax Films and Lakeshore Entertainment present a Lakeshore Entertainment and Stone Village production in association with Cinerenta-Cineepsilon ; producers, Gary Lucchesi, Scott Steindorff, Tom Rosenberg ; screenplay by Nicholas Meyer ; directed by Robert Benton.

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Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig d...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Miramax Films
Lakeshore Entertainment (Firm)
Stone Village (Firm)
Cinerenta (Firm)
Cineepsilon (Firm)
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Lucchesi, Gary
Steindorff, Scott, 1959-
Rosenberg, Tom
Meyer, Nicholas, 1945-
Benton, Robert
Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
Kidman, Nicole, 1967-
Harris, Ed, 1950-
Sinise, Gary
Miller, Wentworth
Barrett, Jacinda
Lennix, Harry J.
Gregg, Clark, 1962-
Escoffier, Jean-Yves, 1950-2003
Tellefsen, Christopher
Portman, Rachel
Ryack, Rita
Roth, Philip
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English or dubbed French dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles.
Published: [United States] : Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004], ©2003.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Teacher educators > Fiction.
Scandals > Fiction.
Feature films.
Genre:
Fiction.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (1 hr. 46 min.) : digital., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming made public.
Note:Based on the novel by Philip Roth.
Special features: behind-the-scenes featurette; tribute to cinematographer Jean-Yves Escoffier.
MPAA rating: R; for language and sexuality/nudity.
Closed Captioned.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PS3568.O855 H82 2004 VideoDVD
CL5 D0043115 VideoDVD
ISBN:9780788853142
0788853147
Credits:Director of photography, Jean Yves Escoffier ; editor, Christopher Tellefsen ; music, Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Rita Ryack ; production designer, David Gropman.
System Details:DVD; stereo / Dolby surround; AC-3; Dolby digital sound, widescreen.
Cast:
Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise, Wentworth Miller, Jacinda Barrett, Harry Lennix, Clark Gregg.