True stories / Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by David Byrne ; written by Stephen Tobolowsky & Beth Henley and David Byrne ; producer, Gary Kurfirst ; an Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation and Gary Kurfirst Pictures presentation ; True Stories Ventures, Inc.

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"Music icon David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make his sole foray into feature-film directing, an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life and a distillation of what was in his own idiosyncratic mind. The Talking Heads front man plays a visitor to Virgil, Texas, who intr...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:True stories (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation (Production company)
True Stories Ventures, Inc (Production company)
Gary Kurfirst Pictures (Production company)
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) (Film distributor)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Byrne, David, 1952- (Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, composer (expression),)
Kurfirst, Gary, 1947-2009 (Film producer)
Tobolowsky, Stephen, 1951- (Screenwriter)
Henley, Beth (Screenwriter)
Lachman, Edward, 1948- (director of photography.)
Biggerstaff, Caroline (Editor of moving image work)
Ling, Barbara C. (Production designer)
Goodman, John, 1952- (Actor)
McEnroe, Annie (Actor)
Allen, Jo Harvey, 1942- (Actor)
Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004 (Actor)
Elias, Alix (Actor)
Staples, Pops (Actor)
Larriva, Tito (Actor)
Ingle, John (Actor) (Actor)
Posey, Matthew, 1958- (Actor)
Kurtz, Swoosie (Actor)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Edition:Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 951.
Subjects:
Texas > Drama.
Talent shows > Texas > Drama.
Eccentrics and eccentricities > Drama.
Bachelors > Drama.
Mate selection > Drama.
Talent shows.
Texas.
Drama.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
Format: Video DVD

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