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The road to Wellville / Columbia Pictures and Beacon present ; a Dirty Hands production ; producers, Alan Parker, Armyan Bernstein and Robert F. Colesberry ; director, screenplay, Alan Parker.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory, [2020]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Road to Wellville
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music by Rachel Portman.
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Dana Carvey.Summary: Comedy about a young couple hoping to improve both their health and their marriage. To do so, they visit the spa/hospital founded and run by the inventor of corn flakes, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. He may know his breakfast food, but some of his ideas about physical fitness are a little strange.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Blu-ray Adult Blu-ray Main Library DVD New COMEDY ROAD TO Available 33111010005383
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An outrageous comedy that takes place at the turn of the twentieth century in the midst of the country's newfound fixation with health fads. It follows three interwoven stories at the world-famous Battle Creek Sanitarium, which was run by the eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg: a vegetarian crusader, health guru, and inventor of the cornflake.

DVD; DTS-HD master and stereo; wide screen.

English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Title from disc surface.

Based on the novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle.

Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Dana Carvey.

Music by Rachel Portman.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1994.

Special features: bonus trailers.

MPAA rating: Rated R.

Comedy about a young couple hoping to improve both their health and their marriage. To do so, they visit the spa/hospital founded and run by the inventor of corn flakes, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. He may know his breakfast food, but some of his ideas about physical fitness are a little strange.

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