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The Resource Short cuts, Fine Line Features ; Avenue Pictures Productions ; Spelling Entertainment ; producer, Cary Brokaw ; screenplay, Robert Altman & Frank Barhydt ; directed by Robert Altman

Short cuts, Fine Line Features ; Avenue Pictures Productions ; Spelling Entertainment ; producer, Cary Brokaw ; screenplay, Robert Altman & Frank Barhydt ; directed by Robert Altman

Label
Short cuts
Title
Short cuts
Statement of responsibility
Fine Line Features ; Avenue Pictures Productions ; Spelling Entertainment ; producer, Cary Brokaw ; screenplay, Robert Altman & Frank Barhydt ; directed by Robert Altman
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation, a group of peoples' lives in Los Angeles intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. While they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, these same folks also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away. A look at human life and American culture with over 20 lives interweaving
Member of
Awards note
Golden Globes, USA, 1994: Special Award - Best Ensemble Cast.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Walt Lloyd ; art director, Jerry Fleming ; editors, Geraldine Peroni, Suzy Elmiger ; music, Gavin Friday, Mark Isham ; costume designer, John Hay ; production designer, Stephen Altman
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey, Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Jack Lemmon, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1925-2006
  • 1946-
  • 1938-1988
  • 1958-
  • 1938-1988
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Altman, Robert
  • MacDowell, Andie
  • Davison, Bruce
  • Moore, Julianne
  • Modine, Matthew
  • Archer, Anne
  • Lloyd, Walt
  • Friday, Gavin
  • Carver, Raymond
  • Robbins, Tim
  • Tomlin, Lily
  • Carver, Raymond
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
  • New Line Home Video (Firm)
  • Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
183
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
265
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Culture
  • Man-woman relationships
  • United States
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Short cuts, Fine Line Features ; Avenue Pictures Productions ; Spelling Entertainment ; producer, Cary Brokaw ; screenplay, Robert Altman & Frank Barhydt ; directed by Robert Altman
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993
  • Based on short stories written by Raymond Carver
  • Special features: new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; isolated music track; "Reflections on 'Short cuts'", a new 25-min. videotaped conversation with Robert Altman and Tim Robbins; "Luck, trust, and ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver County": a 90-min. documentary on the making of 'Short cuts'; segment from BBC television's "Moving Pictures" tracing the development of Raymond Carver's short story "Jerry and Molly and Sam" for the film; a 50-min. audio interview with Raymond Carver; deleted scenes; a look inside the marketing of 'Short cuts', featuring trailers and more than sixty print advertising campaigns; special reprint of 'Short cuts', the Vintage Books companion collection of Raymond Carver short stories; an essay by film critic Michael Wilmington and a guide to the music
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Director-approved special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (approximately 183 min.)
Isbn
9781559409568
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515015820
  • 715515033626
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • CC1608D
  • CC1776D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm56601465
  • (Sirsi) o56601465
  • (TMQ) o56601465
  • 344494
  • 344494
System details
DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Short cuts, Fine Line Features ; Avenue Pictures Productions ; Spelling Entertainment ; producer, Cary Brokaw ; screenplay, Robert Altman & Frank Barhydt ; directed by Robert Altman
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993
  • Based on short stories written by Raymond Carver
  • Special features: new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; isolated music track; "Reflections on 'Short cuts'", a new 25-min. videotaped conversation with Robert Altman and Tim Robbins; "Luck, trust, and ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver County": a 90-min. documentary on the making of 'Short cuts'; segment from BBC television's "Moving Pictures" tracing the development of Raymond Carver's short story "Jerry and Molly and Sam" for the film; a 50-min. audio interview with Raymond Carver; deleted scenes; a look inside the marketing of 'Short cuts', featuring trailers and more than sixty print advertising campaigns; special reprint of 'Short cuts', the Vintage Books companion collection of Raymond Carver short stories; an essay by film critic Michael Wilmington and a guide to the music
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Director-approved special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (approximately 183 min.)
Isbn
9781559409568
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515015820
  • 715515033626
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • CC1608D
  • CC1776D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm56601465
  • (Sirsi) o56601465
  • (TMQ) o56601465
  • 344494
  • 344494
System details
DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD

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