Sylvan Lake Municipal Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The artist / The Weinstein Company and La Petite Reine present ; a Studio 37 [and others] production ; produced by Thomas Langmann ; written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius.

Edition:

[Widescreen]

Publisher, Date:

Montreal, Quebec : Distributed by Alliance Films, [2012]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 1 hr., 41 min. + extras) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

3/4 in.

Summary:

Silent movie star George Valentin bemoans the coming era of talking pictures and fades into oblivion and self-destruction, but finds sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer lighting up talkies like no one else.

Target Audience Note:

CHV rating: PG.

Subjects:

Actors -- Drama.

Motion picture industry -- California -- Hollywood (Los Angeles) -- History -- Drama.

Silent films.

Genre:

Feature films.

Historical films.

Other Author:

Hazanavicius, Michel, screenwriter, director.

Dujardin, Jean, 1972- actor.

Bejo, Bérénice, 1976- actor.

Goodman, John, 1952- actor.

Cromwell, James, actor.

Miller, Penelope Ann, actor.

McDowell, Malcolm, 1943- actor.

Langmann, Thomas, 1971- producer.

Weinstein Company.

Studio 37 (Firm)

Alliance Films.

Other Title:

French title Artiste

Notes:

Special features include: blooper reel; making-of featurette; Q&A with filmmaker's and cast; 3 featurettes. Special features only available in English.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

Primarily silent with musical score.

Reversible container insert: French/English.

Director of photography, Guilllaume Schiffman ; production designer, Laurence Bennett ; costume designer, Mark Bridges ; editors, Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius ; original music by Ludovic Bource.

Jean DuJardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Malcolm McDowell, Missi Pyle, Beth Grant, Ed Lauter, Joel Murray, Ken Davitian.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.33:1) presentation, enhanced for 16x9 televisions; Dolby Digital 5.1.

For private home use only.

English dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).

Academy Award for Best Picture, 2011.

Academy Award for Best Actor, 2011: Jean DuJardin.

Academy Award for Best Director, 2011: Michel Hazanavicius.

Academy Award for Best Score, 2011: Ludovic Bource.

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, 2011.

Publisher or Distributor Number:

580430

580546

System Availability:

5

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5

# Local items:

1

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1

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0