Best boy [videorecording] ; Best man / [presented by] the Association for the Help of Retarded Children, New York City Chapter and Only Child Motion Pictures ; produced directed and edited by Ira Wohl
- Uniform Title
- Best boy (Motion picture : 1979)
- Published
- [New York] : New Video Group : Docurama, [2004]
- Copyright Date
- ©2004
- Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators
- Wohl, Ira, McDonough, Tom, Association for the Help of Retarded Children, New York, Only Child Motion Pictures (Firm), New Video Group, and Docurama (Firm)
- Summary
- Best boy: "follows Philly Wohl, a cheerful and lovable 52 year old who's been mentally handicapped since birth and still lives with his parents. When his cousin, filmmaker Ira Wohl, questions what will happen to Philly once his elderly parents can no longer care for him, the family embarks on a mission to help Philly become more independent"--Container. Best man: follow-up to Best boy which revisits Philly 20 years later.
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0767064690
9780767064699 - Related Titles
- Best man
- Note
- Best boy originally released as a motion picture in 1979; Best man originally released in 1998.
Special feature: filmmaker biography. - Creation/Production Credits Note
- Director of photography, Tom McDonough.
- Technical Details
- DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.; NTSC.
- Terms of Use and Reproduction
- UP-MEDIA: No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.
- Awards
- Academy Award winner: Best Documentary Feature.
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