Sylvan Lake Municipal Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

If Beale Street could talk / Annapurna Pictures presents ; a Plan B Entertainment production, a Pastel production ; produced by Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, Barry Jenkins, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner ; based on the book by James Baldwin ; written for the screen and directed by Barry Jenkins.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2019

℗2018.

Description:

1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year-old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.

Target Audience Note:

CHV rating: PG (sexual content, coarse language, violence).

RCQ rating: G (déconseillé aux jeunes enfants).

Subjects:

African Americans -- Drama.

Pregnant women -- Drama.

False arrest -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Nineteen seventies -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Romance films.

Film adaptations.

Historical films

Other Author:

Jenkins, Barry, 1979- director, screenwriter, producer.

Layne, KiKi, actor.

James, Stephan, 1993- actor.

King, Regina, actor.

Domingo, Colman, actor.

Parris, Teyonah, actor.

Beach, Michael, actor.

Ellis, Aunjanue, actor.

Romanski, Adele, producer.

Murphy, Sara (Film producer) producer.

Gardner, Dede, producer.

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. If Beale Street could talk.

Kleiner, Jeremy, producer.

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. If Beale Street could talk.

Annapurna Productions, presenter.

Plan B Entertainment, production company.

Pastel (Firm) production company.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., distribution company.

Other Title:

Si Beale Street pouvait parler

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2018.

Special features include: Commentary with director Barry Jenkins ; Deleted scenes ; If Beale Street Could Talk: Poetry in motion ; Gallery. Special features are not rated and may not contain subtitles.

Based on the book by James Baldwin.

Director, Barry Jenkins.

Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Aunjanue Ellis.

English; English audio description; subtitles in English SDH, Spanish.

Publisher or Distributor Number:

12248187

2356658

System Availability:

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