Children of a lesser god
- Title
- Children of a lesser god / Paramount Pictures presents a Burt Sugarman production ; screenplay by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff ; produced by Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer ; directed by Randa Haines.
- Published by
- Hollywood CA : Paramount Pictures, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT. | FormatMoving image | AccessRestricted use | Call numberNCOX 2761 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.
- Series statement
- Widescreen DVD collection
- Uniform title
- Widescreen DVD collection.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Disability – Feature.
- Romance – Feature.
- Feature films – United States.
- Contents
- Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs -- Interactive menus -- Scene selection (All over the map ; Reasons to speak ; Sarah ; Alone in silence ; Hearing boys ; Tell me what to say ; I promise ; Boomerang ; Deaf children ; Say my name ; Show me the music ; What do you hear ; Separate but one ; Forgive me ; Inside the silence ; Joined ; Credits) -- Theatrical trailer -- Language: English Dolby digital mono ; French Dolby digital mono -- Subtitles: English.
- Call number
- NCOX 2761
- Note
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986.
- Based on the stage play by Mark Medoff.
- Special features: Interactive menus, scene selection, theatrical trialer.
- Credits (note)
- Music, Michael Convertino ; editor, Lisa Fruchtman ; production design, Gene Callahan ; director of photography, John Seale.
- Performer (note)
- William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco.
- Audience (note)
- MPAA rating: R.
- System details (note)
- DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono.
- Language (note)
- Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English.
- Awards (note)
- Academy Award winner, best actress, Marlee Matlin.
- Title
- Children of a lesser god / Paramount Pictures presents a Burt Sugarman production ; screenplay by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff ; produced by Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer ; directed by Randa Haines.
- Imprint
- Hollywood CA : Paramount Pictures, 2000.
- Edition
- Widescreen version.
- Type of content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of medium
- video
- Type of carrier
- videodisc
- Series
- Widescreen DVD collection
- Widescreen DVD collection.
- System details
- DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono.
- Language
- Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English.
- Cast
- William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco.
- Credits
- Music, Michael Convertino ; editor, Lisa Fruchtman ; production design, Gene Callahan ; director of photography, John Seale.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: R.
- Awards
- Academy Award winner, best actress, Marlee Matlin.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Haines, Randa, film director.
- Sugarman, Burt, film producer.
- Anderson, Hesper, screenwriter.
- Medoff, Mark, 1940-2019, screenwriter.
- Palmer, Patrick, film producer.
- Hurt, William, actor.
- Matlin, Marlee, actor.
- Laurie, Piper, 1932-2023, actor.
- Bosco, Philip, actor.
- Convertino, Michael, composer.
- Fruchtman, Lisa, editor of moving image work.
- Callahan, Gene, 1923-1990, production designer.
- Seale, John, 1942- cinematographer.
- Medoff, Mark, 1940-2019. Children of a lesser god.
- Paramount Pictures Corporation.
- ISBN
- 0792169719
- 9780792169710
- Research call number
- NCOX 2761