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The Resource Melvin and Howard, Universal ; a Linson/Phillips/Demme production ; written by Bo Goldman ; produced by Art Linson and Don Phillips ; directed by Jonathan Demme

Melvin and Howard, Universal ; a Linson/Phillips/Demme production ; written by Bo Goldman ; produced by Art Linson and Don Phillips ; directed by Jonathan Demme

Label
Melvin and Howard
Title
Melvin and Howard
Statement of responsibility
Universal ; a Linson/Phillips/Demme production ; written by Bo Goldman ; produced by Art Linson and Don Phillips ; directed by Jonathan Demme
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Based on a true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune
Cataloging source
VPI
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editor, Craig McKay ; music, Bruce Langhorne
Language note
English with optional French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
PerformerNote
Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Jack Kehoe, Michael J. Pollard, Pamela Reed, Dabney Coleman, John Glover, Charles Napier
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1944-2017
  • 1932-
  • 1934-2020
  • 1932-
  • 1944-
  • 1936-2011
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Demme, Jonathan
  • Linson, Art
  • Phillips, Don
  • Goldman, Bo
  • Le Mat, Paul
  • Robards, Jason
  • Steenburgen, Mary
  • Kehoe, Jack
  • Pollard, Michael J
  • Reed, Pamela
  • Coleman, Dabney
  • Glover, John
  • Napier, Charles
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
Runtime
95
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
Hughes, Howard
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Melvin and Howard, Universal ; a Linson/Phillips/Demme production ; written by Bo Goldman ; produced by Art Linson and Don Phillips ; directed by Jonathan Demme
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9780783299945
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 025192418921
  • 025192418921
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
10084389
Publisher number
  • 24189
  • 10084389
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm61364798
  • (Sirsi) o61364798
  • (OCoLC)61364798
  • 543128
  • 543128
System details
DVD; Dolby digital mono; widescreen presentation (1.85:1)
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Melvin and Howard, Universal ; a Linson/Phillips/Demme production ; written by Bo Goldman ; produced by Art Linson and Don Phillips ; directed by Jonathan Demme
Publication
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9780783299945
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 025192418921
  • 025192418921
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
10084389
Publisher number
  • 24189
  • 10084389
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm61364798
  • (Sirsi) o61364798
  • (OCoLC)61364798
  • 543128
  • 543128
System details
DVD; Dolby digital mono; widescreen presentation (1.85:1)
Video recording format
DVD

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