Venus [videorecording] / Miramax Films, FilmFour and UK Film Council present ; a Free Range Film ; produced by Kevin Loader ; written by Hanif Kureishi ; directed by Roger Michell.

Michell, Roger, 1956- (Added Author). Kureishi, Hanif. (Added Author). Loader, Kevin. (Added Author). O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013 (Added Author). Phillips, Leslie, 1924- (Added Author). Whittaker, Jodie, 1982- (Added Author). Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013 (Added Author). Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937- (Added Author). Miramax Films (Added Author). FilmFour (Firm) (Added Author). UK Film Council. (Added Author). Free Range Films (Firm) (Added Author). Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Peter O'Toole (Maurice), Leslie Phillips (Ian), Jodie Whittaker (Jessie), Richard Griffiths (Donald), Vanessa Redgrave (Valerie). (Cast).

Summary:

Maurice, a still-working actor whiles away his dwindling days playing bit parts (corpses, mostly) or at the local pub with a pair of equally frail footlights friends, drama queen Ian and taciturn Donald. Ian announces that his niece has sent her wayward daughter to stay with him. Jessie is a borderline hooligan, surly, self-centered, willful, and a prodigious drinker. Maurice looks at Jessie with unapologetic longing, appreciating things she can't see in herself, but also the idea of youth--specifically, womanly youth. Jessie appraises Maurice to see what she can get out of him, and they play at Henry Higgins tutoring Eliza Doolittle together. Both are prickly, independent egoists, and wherever they're going, neither is going quietly.

Item details

ISBN: 0788870823
ISBN: 9780788870828
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [London] : Free Range Films ; [2007]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally produced as an English motion picture in 2006. Bonus features: Venus: a Real Work of Art [featurette] (14 min.); Deleted scenes (4 min.); Audio commentary [view the feature with commentary by director Roger Michell and producer Kevin Loader]; Sneak peeks (8 min.).
Formatted Contents Note:	Opening credits/Aging -- Jessie -- Overindulgence -- "A corpse more or less" -- Modeling job -- Will to live -- Theoretical interest -- Pleasure -- Goodbyes -- Easily tempted -- Little walk -- Venus -- Much better idea -- Carry on -- End credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Haris Zambarloukos ; film editor, Nicolas Gaster ; songs by Corinne Bailey Rae ; additional music by Corinne Bailey Rae and David Arnold ; production designer, John-Paul Kelly ; costume designer, Natalie Ward.
Participant or Performer Note:	Peter O'Toole (Maurice), Leslie Phillips (Ian), Jodie Whittaker (Jessie), Richard Griffiths (Donald), Vanessa Redgrave (Valerie).
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Rated R; for language, some sexual content and brief nudity.
System Details Note:	DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround; widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1, enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
Language Note:	In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.