The lobster / Film4 ; Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board ; Eurimages ; The Netherlands Film Fund ; Greek Film Centre and BFI ; produced by Sam Lavender, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross ; written, Yorgos Lanthimos and Effhymis Filippou ; directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Published: Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2016]
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in. stamping
Additional Creators: Lanthimos, Yorgos, 1973-, Filippou, Efthimis, 1977-, Farrell, Colin, 1976-, Weisz, Rachel, 1970-, Seydoux, Léa, 1985-, Reilly, John C., 1965-, Lavender, Sam, Lowe, Andrew (Producer), Ross, Tessa, Mavropsaridis, Yorgos, Bkatakis, Thimios, FilmFour (Firm), Bord Scannán na hÉireann, Eurimages (Organization), Netherlands Film Fund, Hellēniko Kentro Kinēmatographou, British Film Institute, and Lions Gate Home Entertainment

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Language Note

English dialogue with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles.

Summary

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obligated to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

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Genre(s)

Sound Characteristics

digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1

Video File Characteristics

NTSC

Digital File Characteristics

video file DVD video region 1

Form of work

Motion pictures

Audience Notes

MPAA rating: R; for sexual content including dialogue, and some violence.

Note

Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Special features include making of featurette, trailers.

Creation/Production Credits Note

Director of photography, Thimios Bkatakis ; edited by Yorgos Mavropsaridis.

Participant/Performer Note

Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Lea Seydoux, John C. Reilly,

Technical Details

DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen, 5.1 Dolby digital.

Source of Acquisition

Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2016
Purchased with funds from the Irene J. Wernstedt Library Acquisition Fund; 2016

Endowment Note

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
Irene J. Wernstedt Library Acquisition Fund

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