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The Resource The player, a Fine Line Features release of an Avenue Pictures presentation in association with Spelling Entertainment

The player, a Fine Line Features release of an Avenue Pictures presentation in association with Spelling Entertainment

Label
The player
Title
The player
Statement of responsibility
a Fine Line Features release of an Avenue Pictures presentation in association with Spelling Entertainment
Contributor
Actor
Author
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
A celebrity-studded comedy thriller about a Hollywood's studio executive who kills a screenwriter and tries to get away with murder
Cataloging source
IXA
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Production designer, Stephen Altman ; editor, Geraldine Peroni ; music, Thomas Newman ; director of photography, Jean Lepine ; co-executive producer, William S. Gilmore ; executive producer, Cary Brokaw ; screenplay, Michael Tolkin ; producers, David Brown, Michael Tolkin, Nick Wechsler ; director, Robert Altman
Language note
In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James, Cynthia Stevenson
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1925-2006
  • 1916-2010.
  • 1958-
  • 1942-2022
  • 1955-
  • 1955-
  • 1945-1999.
  • 1962-
  • 1936-2021
  • 1957-
  • 1934-2008
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Altman, Robert
  • Tolkin, Michael
  • Brown, David
  • Wechsler, Nick.
  • Robbins, Tim
  • Scacchi, Greta.
  • Ward, Fred
  • Goldberg, Whoopi
  • Gallagher, Peter
  • James, Brion
  • Stevenson, Cynthia
  • Stockwell, Dean
  • Grant, Richard E.
  • Pollack, Sydney
  • Lovett, Lyle
  • Tolkin, Michael
  • New Line Cinema Corporation
  • Fine Line Features
  • Avenue Pictures
  • Spelling Entertainment Inc
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
  • New Line Productions, Inc
Runtime
124
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Motion picture industry
  • Murder
  • Detective and mystery films
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The player, a Fine Line Features release of an Avenue Pictures presentation in association with Spelling Entertainment
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Dolby surround 5.1 in English; stereo in French
  • Audio tracks in English and French; subtitles in English, French and Spanish
  • Widescreen version, presented in a "letterbox" format preserving the original aspect ratio
  • Based on the novel by Michael Tolkin
  • Originally produced as motion picture in 1992
  • Rated R
  • Special features include commentary by Robert Altman and Michael Tolkin, a Robert Altman featurette, five deleted scenes, filmographies, and the original theatrical trailer
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.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special edition; widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Isbn
9780780618565
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
794043403224
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
N4032
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm38032566
  • (Sirsi) o38032566
  • (TMQ) o38032566
  • 21235
  • 21235
System details
DVD; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, Dolby surround 5.1 (English), stereo (French); widescreen presentation, aspect ratio of 1.77:1, enhanced for widescreen televisions
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The player, a Fine Line Features release of an Avenue Pictures presentation in association with Spelling Entertainment
Publication
Note
  • Dolby surround 5.1 in English; stereo in French
  • Audio tracks in English and French; subtitles in English, French and Spanish
  • Widescreen version, presented in a "letterbox" format preserving the original aspect ratio
  • Based on the novel by Michael Tolkin
  • Originally produced as motion picture in 1992
  • Rated R
  • Special features include commentary by Robert Altman and Michael Tolkin, a Robert Altman featurette, five deleted scenes, filmographies, and the original theatrical trailer
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.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special edition; widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Isbn
9780780618565
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
794043403224
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
N4032
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm38032566
  • (Sirsi) o38032566
  • (TMQ) o38032566
  • 21235
  • 21235
System details
DVD; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, Dolby surround 5.1 (English), stereo (French); widescreen presentation, aspect ratio of 1.77:1, enhanced for widescreen televisions
Video recording format
DVD

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