Metroland / Lions Gates Films releasing in association with Pandora Cinema present a Blue Horizon/Mact/Filmania production ; screenplay by Adrian Hodges ; produced by Andrew Bendel ; directed by Philip Saville.

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Spurred on by the 60s and its radical ideals, boyhood friends Chris and Toni set their sights on a single goal - escape Metroland and its suburban way of life. When they finally break free, Chris travels to Paris where he embarks on a torrid love affair with a French woman. Toni sets off for the gre...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Metroland (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Pandora Cinema
Blue Horizon (Firm)
Mact Productions
Filmanía (Firm)
Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Bale, Christian, 1974- (Actor)
Ross, Lee, 1971- (Actor)
Watson, Emily, 1967- (Actor)
Zylberstein, Elsa (Actor)
Hodges, Adrian, 1957- (Screenwriter)
Bendel, Andrew (Producer)
Saville, Philip (Director)
Barnes, Julian
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Video, [2000], ©2000.
©2000
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Spurred on by the 60s and its radical ideals, boyhood friends Chris and Toni set their sights on a single goal - escape Metroland and its suburban way of life. When they finally break free, Chris travels to Paris where he embarks on a torrid love affair with a French woman. Toni sets off for the great unknown as he explores the world. Nine years pass before Toni returns home. And when he does, he discovers a shocking state of affairs - Chris is happily married to Marion and living the life they once dreaded. Now Toni will try anything to free his friend from Metroland.
Note:Based on the novel by Julian Barnes.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.
Features include theatrical trailer ; scene access.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF9 D0002278 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:0783240252
9780783240251
Credits:Music, Mark Knopfler ; director of photography, Jean-Francois Robin.
System Details:DVD, Dolby digital, region 1, NTSC, full frame.
Cast:
Christian Bale, Lee Ross, Emily Watson, Elsa Zylberstein.