Empire Falls [videorecording] / HBO Films presents a Mark Platt production ; an Aspetuck Productions & Stone Village Pictures production ; a film by Fred Schepisi ; produced by William Teitler ; screenplay by Richard Russo ; directed by Fred Schepisi.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] : HBO Video, c2005.

Format/Description:

Video
2 videodiscs (ca. 195 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects:

Russo, Richard, 1949- -- Film adaptations.
Blue collar workers -- Drama.
Working class families -- Maine -- Drama.
Working class -- Maine -- Drama.

Form/Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television mini-series.
Television adaptations.

Language:

English or Spanish dialogue with English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.

System Details:

DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0.

Summary:

A powerful portrait of blue-collar America, a timeless tribute to the inherent decency and good humor that sustains working-class people in everyday life.

Participant:

Ed Harris, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Helen Hunt, Paul Newman, Robin Wright Penn, Aidan Quinn, Joanne Woodward, Dennis Farina, William Fichtner, Estelle Parsons.

Credits:

Director of photography, Ian Baker ; editor, Kate Williams ; music, Paul Grabowsky.

Notes:

Based on the novel by Richard Russo.
Originally broadcast on television in 2005.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Fred Schepsi and writer/author Richard Russo; making of Empire Falls.

Contributor:

Schepisi, Fred. , Director
Teitler, William. , Producer
Harris, Ed, 1950- , Actor
Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967- , Actor
Hunt, Helen, 1963- , Actor
Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 , Actor
Wright, Robin, 1966- , Actor
Grabowsky, Paul. , Composer
Russo, Richard, 1949- , Author, Screenwriter
Aspetuck Productions. , Producer
Stone Village Pictures. , Producer
HBO Films. , Producer
HBO Video (Firm) , Distributor

Related Work:

Russo, Richard, 1949-, Author, Screenwriter Empire falls.

ISBN:

0783134908

OCLC:

61462662

Publisher Number:

026359275326
92753 HBO Video

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