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Home Box Office (Firm)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Killer Films.
Haynes, Todd.
Raymond, Jon, 1952-
Wells, John.
Winslet, Kate.
Pearce, Guy, 1967-
LeGros, James.
Leo, Melissa.
Wood, Evan Rachel, 1987-
Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977.
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| Material type: |
DVD-Video |
| Subject: |
Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Drama.
Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Television mini-series.
Fiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2012] |
| Description: |
2 videodiscs (ca. 344 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
0780682084 9780780682085 |
| Notes: |
Based on the novel by James M. Cain. |
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Originally broadcast on HBO as a 5 part mini-series in 2011. |
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Special features: audio commentary ; making of featurette ; inside the episodes featurette. |
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Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, James Legros, Melissa Leo, Evan Rachel Wood. |
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DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0. |
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English, French, or Spanish dialogue ; English, French, and Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned. |
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Music by Carter Burwell ; editors, Affonso Gonçalves, Camilla Toniolo ; director of photography, Edward Lachman. |
| Audience |
Rating: TV-MA. |
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| Summary: |
This five-part drama is an intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years, as she struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda, as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life, including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon and ex-husband Bert Pierce. |