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The dressmaker / director, Jocelyn Moorhouse.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher: [United States] : Broad Green Pictures, [2016]Description: 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Cast: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Judy Davis, Caroline Goodall, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney.Summary: The Dressmaker tells the story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage. After years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly. She also falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy, and armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD COMEDY Dressmak Available 33111009035383
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD COMEDY Dressmak Checked out 05/17/2024 33111009035391
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An accomplished dressmaker named Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet) returns to her backwoods hometown in 1950s Australia, which she fled at a young age after she was accused of murdering a boy. While running a local dress shop, Tilly investigates the murder mystery that ruined her life, and plans her revenge on those responsible. Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, and Judy Davis co-star. Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and adapted from the novel of the same name by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker received its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Jack Rodgers, Rovi

DVD, widescreen.

Closed-captioned. In English and Spanish with optional subtitles in Spanish.

Rating: R; for brief language and a scene of violence.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.

Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Judy Davis, Caroline Goodall, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney.

Widescreen.

The Dressmaker tells the story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage. After years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly. She also falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy, and armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

Special features: The story; Designing the Dressmaker; Photo gallery.

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