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The Resource The American, BBC ; WGBH ; Irish Screen ; produced by Fiona Finlay ; screenplay, Michael Hastings ; directed by Paul Unwin, (DVD)

The American, BBC ; WGBH ; Irish Screen ; produced by Fiona Finlay ; screenplay, Michael Hastings ; directed by Paul Unwin, (DVD)

Label
The American
Title
The American
Statement of responsibility
BBC ; WGBH ; Irish Screen ; produced by Fiona Finlay ; screenplay, Michael Hastings ; directed by Paul Unwin
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Christopher Newman is a 19th-century 'new man' who has amassed a fortune in California, and heads to Paris to learn its ways and find a wife. There he finds a young widow whose beauty ignites desire in the American
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Tony Miller ; editor, Kate Evans ; music, Stephen McKeon
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Matthew Modine, Aisling O'Sullivan, Diana Rigg, Brenda Fricker, Andrew Scott
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1957-
  • 1843-1916
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Modine, Matthew
  • O'Sullivan, Aisling
  • Rigg, Diana
  • Fricker, Brenda
  • Unwin, Paul
  • Hastings, Michael
  • James, Henry
  • British Broadcasting Corporation
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  • Irish Screen (Firm)
Runtime
90
Series statement
PBS pictures
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Visitors, Foreign
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The American, BBC ; WGBH ; Irish Screen ; produced by Fiona Finlay ; screenplay, Michael Hastings ; directed by Paul Unwin, (DVD)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the novel by Henry James
  • Originally broadcast on television in 2001
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Control code
ocm58400470
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)
Isbn
9781415711132
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
841887050395
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
705039
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
a702450
System details
DVD, region 1 full screen presentation; Dolby Digital
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The American, BBC ; WGBH ; Irish Screen ; produced by Fiona Finlay ; screenplay, Michael Hastings ; directed by Paul Unwin, (DVD)
Publication
Note
  • Based on the novel by Henry James
  • Originally broadcast on television in 2001
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Control code
ocm58400470
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)
Isbn
9781415711132
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
841887050395
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
705039
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
a702450
System details
DVD, region 1 full screen presentation; Dolby Digital
Video recording format
DVD

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