TY - ADVS AU - Chevalier,Tracy AU - Davis,Essie AU - Firth,Colin AU - Johansson,Scarlett AU - Mann,Alakina AU - Murphy,Cillian AU - Parfitt,Judy AU - Scanlan,Joanna AU - Webber,Peter AU - Wilkinson,Tom ED - Archer Street (Firm) ED - Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm) ED - Delux Productions. ED - Inside Track Productions. ED - Lions Gate Films. ED - Pathé Pictures. ED - UK Film Council. TI - Girl with a pearl earring PY - 2004/// CY - [United States] PB - Artisan Entertainment KW - Vermeer, Johannes, KW - DVD KW - Netherlands KW - Social life and customs KW - 17th century KW - Drama KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier; Special features: director commentary; anatomy of a scene; Director, Peter Webber ; editor, Kate Evans ; music, Alexandre Desplat ; costume designer, Dien van Straalen ; production designer, Ben van Os; Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis, Joanna Scanlan, Alakina Mann; MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexual content N2 - 17-year-old Griet must work to support her family, so she becomes a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer, where she attracts the master painter's attention. He is commissioned to paint Griet, and the result is one of the greatest paintings ever created ER -