Happy-go-lucky [videorecording] / Miramax Films, Summit Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners, Film4 & UK Film Council present Thin Man Films, a Simon Channing Williams production ; produced by Simon Channing Williams ; written & directed by Mike Leigh.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 100215 | Miramax Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Summary language: English, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2009]Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0788893386
- 9780788893384
- Director of photography, Dick Pope ; editor, Jim Clark ; music, Gary Yershon.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | COMEDY Happy-go | Available | 33111006491753 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan star in director Mike Leigh's seriocomedy concerning an eternally optimistic teacher living and working in North London. Thirty-year-old teacher Poppy (Hawkins) always has a smile on her face, and does her best to brighten the days of those around her by making small talk and cracking jokes. For the past ten years, Poppy has lived with her best friend, Zoe (Alexis Zegerman), a fellow teacher whose wry outlook on life serves as the perfect counterbalance to Poppy's effervescent charm. One day, Poppy decides that it's time to take driving lessons and enrolls in the Axle School of Motoring. Almost instantly, Poppy and her stressed-out instructor, Scott (Eddie Marsan), clash. Still, it seems that there's more to this relationship than surface appearances would suggest. After accompanying her colleague Heather (Sylvestra Le Touzel) to a dance class taught by a particularly passionate instructor (Karina Fernandaz), Poppy connects with kindly school social worker Tim (Samuel Roukin). Of course, Tim can't help but fall for a woman of such boundless compassion, but how will Poppy's increasingly jealous driving instructor react to the news of her most recent romance? ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Bonus features: Behind the wheel of "Happy go lucky" ; Happy-in-character ; audio commentary by director Mike Leigh.
Videodisc release of the 2008 feature film.
Director of photography, Dick Pope ; editor, Jim Clark ; music, Gary Yershon.
Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Stanley Townsend, Kate O'Flynn, Caroline Martin, Oliver Maltman, Sarah Niles, Samuel Roukin, Karina Fernandez, Nonso Anozie.
Poppy is a life-loving and irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher. She is thirty years old, single, and infinitely optimistic and accepting. She lives with her best friend and flatmate Zoe in London. She is tested by a repressed driving instructor with anger problems, and, in turn, she decides to test him. She has exciting flamenco lessons, an encounter with a homeless man, an argument with her pregnant sister, and a love-affair with the social worker guiding one of her students.
MPAA rating: R; for language.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
In English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound) with optional English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).