The shipping news / Miramax Films presents an Irwin Winkler production, a Lasse Hallström film ; producers Irwin Winkler, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Leslie Holleran ; screenplay writer, Robert Nelson Jacobs ; director, Lasse Hallström.

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A typesetter from upstate New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shi...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Miramax Films
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Winkler, Irwin
Goldstein Knowlton, Linda
Holleran, Leslie (Motion picture producer)
Jacobs, Robert Nelson
Hallström, Lasse
Spacey, Kevin
Moore, Julianne
Dench, Judi, 1934-
Glenn, Scott, 1942-
Ifans, Rhys, 1967-
Postlethwaite, Pete
Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
Stapleton, Oliver
Mondshein, Andrew
Young, Christopher, 1957-
Ehrlich Kalfus, Renée
Gropman, David
Proulx, Annie
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
English or French dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles.
Published: Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002], ©2001.
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Families > Newfoundland and Labrador.
Reporters and reporting > Newfoundland and Labrador.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (1 hr. 51 min.) : digital., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
A typesetter from upstate New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the local newspaper finds an audience, and his experiences in the town begin to change his life.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Based on the novel by E. Annie Proulx.
Special features: "Dive beneath the surface" featurette; feature commentary with director, screenwriter & producers; stills gallery; behind-the-scenes; portrait gallery; scenery gallery.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ6 D0015959 VideoDVD
PS3566.R697 S4 2002 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA Rating: R.
Awards:National Book Award winner in Fiction in 1993.
ISBN:9780788834554
078883455X
Credits:Director of photography, Oliver Stapleton ; editor, Andrew Mondshein ; music, Christopher Young ; costume designer, Renée Ehrlich Kalfus ; production designer, David Gropman ; producers Irwin Winkler, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Leslie Holleran ; screenplay writer, Robert Nelson Jacobs ; director, Lasse Hallström.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Pete Postlethwaite, Cate Blanchett.