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Half nelson Cover Image DVD DVD

Half nelson [videorecording] / Thinkfilm ; Hunting Lane Films presents ; in association with Silverwood Films, Original Media ; a Hunting Lane Films/Journeyman Pictures production ; directed by Ryan Fleck ; written by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck ; produced by Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden, Rosanne Korenberg.

Summary:

An inner-city junior high school teacher struggles with issues of addiction and his relationships with his students. One association becomes especially remarkable, perhaps even questionable.

Item details

  • ISBN: 1424845173
  • ISBN: 9781424845170
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Anamorphic widescreen format.
  • Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Optional audio commentary (by Fleck and Boden); Three deleted scenes (4 min.); Four extended scenes, including alternate ending (4 min.); Film out-takes (7 min.); Rhymefest "Wanted" Music Video.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Andrij Parekh ; editor, Anna Boden ; music, Broken Social Scene ; casting, Eyde Belasco ; cinematographer, Andrij Parekh ; production designer, Elizabeth Mickle ; costume designer, Erin Benach.
Participant or Performer Note:
Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Karen Chilton, Tina Holmes, Collins Pennie, Deborah Rush, Jay O. Sanders, Nicole Vicius, Denis O'Hare, Starla Benford.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for drug content throughout, language and some sexuality.
System Details Note:
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround or stereo ; mastered in high definition.
Language Note:
In English, with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
Awards Note:
Deauville Film Festival, Jury Special Prize (Ryan Fleck); Revelations Prize (Ryan Fleck).
Subject: Drug addiction > Drama.
Teachers > Job stress > Drama.
Mentoring in education > Drama.
Education, Urban > Drama.
Teacher morale > Drama.
Drug addiction.
Education, Urban.
Mentoring in education.
Teacher morale.
Teachers > Job stress.
Genre: Feature films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Melodrama, American.
Films for the hearing impaired.

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