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Wiener-dog / Amazon Studios and Annapurna Pictures present a Killer Films production ; produced by Megan Ellison, Christine Vachon ; written and directed by Todd Solondz.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher: [New York, N.Y.]: IFC Films & Entertainment, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 videodisc (89 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Ed Lachman ; editor, Kevin Messman ; original music, Nathan Larson, James Lavino.
Awards:
  • "Official selection 2016 Sundance Film Festival."
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Keaton Nigel Cooke, Kieran Culkin, Julie Delpy, Danny DeVito, Greta Gerwig, Tracy Letts, Zosia Mamet.Summary: Wiener-Dog tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading a certain kind of comfort and joy. Man’s best friend starts out teaching a young boy some contorted life lessons before being taken in by a compassionate vet tech named Dawn Wiener. Dawn reunites with someone from her past and sets off on a road trip picking up some depressed mariachis along the way. Wiener-Dog then encounters a floundering film professor, as well as an embittered elderly woman and her needy granddaughter--all longing for something more.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD COMEDY Wiener-d Available 33111009034352
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation, 5.1 Dolby Digital surround and 2.0 soundtracks.

In English; closed-captioned in English.

Ellen Burstyn, Keaton Nigel Cooke, Kieran Culkin, Julie Delpy, Danny DeVito, Greta Gerwig, Tracy Letts, Zosia Mamet.

Director of photography, Ed Lachman ; editor, Kevin Messman ; original music, Nathan Larson, James Lavino.

Wiener-Dog tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading a certain kind of comfort and joy. Man’s best friend starts out teaching a young boy some contorted life lessons before being taken in by a compassionate vet tech named Dawn Wiener. Dawn reunites with someone from her past and sets off on a road trip picking up some depressed mariachis along the way. Wiener-Dog then encounters a floundering film professor, as well as an embittered elderly woman and her needy granddaughter--all longing for something more.

MPAA rating: R for language and some disturbing content.

"Official selection 2016 Sundance Film Festival."

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