Vanity fair
2005
DVD
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne for support. Meanwhile, Amelia's fortunes fall even harder following the death of her husband.
Item Details
ISBN: 1417027460
Edition: Widescreen edition.
Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
Target Audience Note: Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
Other Title: Vanity fair (Motion picture : 2004)
Notes:
- Title from container.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
- Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
- Special features: the women behind 'Vanity fair': the predominantly female cast and crew reveal how they flawlessly portrayed women of the time in London; director's commentary: Mira Nair shares her unique vision and personal inspiration in this insightful discussion; deleted scenes; welcome to 'Vanity fair': a behind-the-scenes look at bringing this timeless story to the big screen.
- Director of photography, Declan Quinn ; editor, Allyson C. Johnson ; music, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Beatrix Aruna Pasztor ; production designer, Maria Djurkovic.
- Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
- DVD, region 1, full screen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, single-sided.
- For private home use only.
- English or dubbed French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- 20753
- 20773
UPC: 065935207535
Publisher: Montreal : Distributed by Alliance Atlantis, [2005]Subjects:
- Man-woman relationships -- England -- London -- Fiction.
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. Vanity fair -- Film adaptations.
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. Vanity fair -- Television adaptations.
- Women -- Employment -- England -- London -- Fiction.
- Women -- Sexual behavior -- Fiction.
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