Beginners [videorecording] / Focus Features and Olympus Pictures present ; in association with Parts & Labor ; produced by Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech [and others] ; written and directed by Mike Mills

Published: Universal City, CA : Focus Features, [2011]
Copyright Date: ©2011
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators: Mills, Mike, 1966-, McGregor, Ewan, 1971-, Plummer, Christopher, Laurent, Mélanie, 1983-, Neill, Roger, Palmer, David, Reitzell, Brian, Tuxen, Kasper, 1978-, and Focus Features

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Language Note

In English or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, Spanish or French.
Closed-captioned.

Summary

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.

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Audience Notes

MPAA rating: R; for language and some sexual content.

Note

DVD release of the 2010 motion picture.
Bonus features: Short film about making Beginners; promo; feature commentary with writer/director Mike Mills.

Creation/Production Credits Note

Music, Roger Neill, David Palmer, Brian Reitzell ; editor, Olivier Bugge Coutte ; director of photography, Kasper Tuxen.

Participant/Performer Note

Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent.

Technical Details

DVD ; region 1 ; NTSC ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.

Terms of Use and Reproduction

No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.

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