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The big chill / Columbia Pictures presents a Carson Productions Group, Ltd. production of a Lawrence Kasdan film ; executive producers, Marcia Nasatir and Lawrence Kasdan ; written by Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek ; produced by Michael Shamberg ; directed by Lawrence Kasdan.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2514DDVD | Criterion CollectionCC2514D | Criterion Collection | (container)CC2514D-1 | Criterion Collection | (disc 1)CC2514D-2 | Criterion Collection | (disc 2)Language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 720.Publisher: [United States] : Columbia Pictures Industries, [2014]Distributor: [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Director-approved two-DVD special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insertContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Big chill (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Bonus features.
Production credits:
  • Editor, Carol Littleton ; production designer, Ida Random ; director of photography, John Bailey.
Cast: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, Don Galloway.Summary: After the shocking suicide of their friend, a group of thirty-somethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending a weekend together, reminiscing about their shared pasts as children of the sixties and confronting the uncertainty of their lives as adults of the eighties.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

After the shocking suicide of their friend, a group of thirty-somethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending a weekend together, reminiscing about their shared pasts as children of the sixties and confronting the uncertainty of their lives as adults of the eighties.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital, monaural.

In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, Don Galloway.

Editor, Carol Littleton ; production designer, Ida Random ; director of photography, John Bailey.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.

Rating: R.

After the shocking suicide of their friend, a group of thirty-somethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending a weekend together, reminiscing about their shared pasts as children of the sixties and confronting the uncertainty of their lives as adults of the eighties.

disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Bonus features.

Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Success in the system (interview with filmmaker Kasdan, he discusses the challenges of creating personal work within the Hollywood studio system and his remarkable career as a collaborative screenwriter and writer-director); "The big chill" : a reunion (1998 documentary by Laurent Bouzereau about the making of the film, including writer-director Kasdan and actors Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams); Thirtieth anniversary Q&A (Q&A with cast and crew, moderated by Variety's chief film critic, Scott Foundas, held at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival); Deleted scenes. Booklet features an essay by writer and filmmaker Lena Dunhan and a 1983 piece by critic Harlan Jacobson.

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