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The Resource The singing detective, Icon Productions presents ; directed by Keith Gordon ; screenplay by Dennis Potter ; produced by Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey ; a Haft Entertainment, Icon production

The singing detective, Icon Productions presents ; directed by Keith Gordon ; screenplay by Dennis Potter ; produced by Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey ; a Haft Entertainment, Icon production

Label
The singing detective
Title
The singing detective
Statement of responsibility
Icon Productions presents ; directed by Keith Gordon ; screenplay by Dennis Potter ; produced by Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey ; a Haft Entertainment, Icon production
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A bedridden novelist drifts in and out of consciousness, alternating between a noir-ish fantasy world, his anguished present, and his traumatic childhood
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
  • Singing detective (Motion picture)
  • Singing detective (Television program)
Credits note
Director of photography, Tom Richmond ; edited by Jeff Wishengrad ; choreography by Jacqui & Bill Landrum
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for strong sexual content, language and some violence
Language note
  • In English, with optional English subtitles
  • Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Carla Gugino, Adrien Brody, Jon Polito, Saul Rubinek, Alfre Woodard, Mel Gibson
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1961-
  • 1965-
  • 1966-
  • 1961-
  • 1978-
  • 1971-
  • 1948-
  • 1950-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Landrum, Jacqui
  • Landrum, Bill
  • Gibson, Mel
  • Haft, Steven
  • Davey, Bruce
  • Potter, Dennis
  • Gordon, Keith
  • Downey, Robert
  • Wright, Robin
  • Northam, Jeremy
  • Holmes, Katie
  • Gugino, Carla
  • Brody, Adrien
  • Polito, Jon
  • Rubinek, Saul
  • Richmond, Tom
  • Wishengrad, Jeff
  • Icon Productions
  • Haft Entertainment (Firm)
  • Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
108
Series statement
Widescreen DVD collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Novelists
  • Hallucinations and illusions
  • Hallucinations and illusions
  • Novelists
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The singing detective, Icon Productions presents ; directed by Keith Gordon ; screenplay by Dennis Potter ; produced by Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey ; a Haft Entertainment, Icon production
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the television series: The singing detective / created by Dennis Potter
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003
  • Special features: optional audio commentary by Gordon
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
Contents
Café Moonglow -- Doctors and nurses -- No tranquilizers -- Boring thoughts -- Book filled with clues -- Poisons of the mind -- Childhood -- Disruptive -- Progress -- Screenplay in shoeboxes -- Attempted assassination -- Cheap fiction -- Word games -- Examining the past -- Enemy -- Two goons -- Dance with the doctor -- True identity -- Unfinished ending -- Warbler
Control code
54032643
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen format.
Extent
1 videodisc (108 min.)
Isbn
9780792197232
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 097363409045
  • 844503001061
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
340904
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)54032643
System details
DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital surround. Widescreen
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The singing detective, Icon Productions presents ; directed by Keith Gordon ; screenplay by Dennis Potter ; produced by Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey ; a Haft Entertainment, Icon production
Publication
Note
  • Based on the television series: The singing detective / created by Dennis Potter
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003
  • Special features: optional audio commentary by Gordon
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
Contents
Café Moonglow -- Doctors and nurses -- No tranquilizers -- Boring thoughts -- Book filled with clues -- Poisons of the mind -- Childhood -- Disruptive -- Progress -- Screenplay in shoeboxes -- Attempted assassination -- Cheap fiction -- Word games -- Examining the past -- Enemy -- Two goons -- Dance with the doctor -- True identity -- Unfinished ending -- Warbler
Control code
54032643
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen format.
Extent
1 videodisc (108 min.)
Isbn
9780792197232
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 097363409045
  • 844503001061
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
340904
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)54032643
System details
DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital surround. Widescreen
Video recording format
DVD

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