Albert Nobbs

Resource Information

The work Albert Nobbs represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Albert Nobbs

Statement of responsibility

LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions present a Trillium Productions/Mockingbird Pictures/Parallel Films production, in association with Chrysalis Films/Allen & Associates/Westend Films, with the participation of Canal+ and the participation of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board ; story, Istvan Szabo ; screenplay by Gabriella Prekop, John Banville, Glenn Close ; produced by Glenn Close, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Alan Moloney ; directed by Rodrigo García

Creator

• Albert Nobbs (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Close, Glenn, 1947-
• Banville, John
• Collins, Pauline, 1940-
• WestEnd Films
• Curtis, Bonnie
• Trillium Productions, Inc
• Fricker, Brenda
• García, Rodrigo, 1959-
• Studio Canal+
• Gleeson, Brendan
• Roadside Attractions (Firm)
• Parallel Film Productions
• Lynn, Julie
• Mockingbird Pictures
• McTeer, Janet
• Moloney, Alan
• Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
• Moore, George, 1852-1933
• LD Entertainment
• Prekop, Gabriella, 1947-
• Chrysalis Films
• Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977-
• Szabó, István, 1938-
• Taylor-Johnson, Aaron, 1990-
• Bord Scannán na hÉireann
• Wasikowska, Mia, 1989-
• Allen & Associates

Actor

• Fricker, Brenda
• McTeer, Janet
• Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977-
• Wasikowska, Mia, 1989-
• Taylor-Johnson, Aaron, 1990-
• Gleeson, Brendan
• Collins, Pauline, 1940-
• Close, Glenn, 1947-

Screenwriter

• Banville, John
• Close, Glenn, 1947-
• Prekop, Gabriella, 1947-

Director

• García, Rodrigo, 1959-

Producer

• Curtis, Bonnie
• Moloney, Alan
• Lynn, Julie
• Close, Glenn, 1947-

Subject

• DVDs for the hearing impaired
• 1800-1899
• Camareros -- Teatro
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Drama films
• Dublin (Ireland) -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Films de fiction
• Foreign films
• Gender identity
• Gender identity -- Drama
• History
• Identidad -- Teatro
• Impersonation
• Impersonation -- Drama
• Ireland
• Ireland -- Dublin
• Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
• Irlanda -- Condiciones sociales -- Historia Siglo XIX -- Teatro
• Irlanda -- Teatro
• Manners and customs
• Passing (Identity)
• Passing (Identity) -- Drama
• Sex discrimination against women
• Sex discrimination against women -- History -- Drama
• Sex role
• Sex role -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
• Waiters
• Waiters -- Ireland | Dublin -- Drama

Genre

• Foreign films
• DVD-Video discs
• DVDs for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Drama films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Films de fiction
• History
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making

Awards note

Nominee: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Glenn Close), Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Janet McTeer), Best Makeup (Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, Matthew W. Mungle), 2012 Academy Awards (U.S.).

Cataloging source

LPU

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Michael McDonough ; editor, Steven Weisberg ; music by Brian Byrne

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; some sexuality, brief nudity and language

Language note

English dialogue; with optional English and Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Pauline Collins, Brenda Fricker, Brendan Gleeson

Runtime

88

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action