Being Flynn / Focus Features presents ; a Depth of Field/Corduroy Films/Tribeca production ; written for the screen and directed by Paul Weitz ; produced by Paul Weitz, Andrew Miano, Michael Costigan.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 585251 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment62121227 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: Spanish, French, English Publisher: [Universal City, Calif.] : [publisher not identified], [2012]Distributor: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]Copyright date: Ã2012Description: 1 DVD (1 hr., 42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Being Flynn (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Declan Quinn ; editor, Joan Sobel ; music, Badly Drawn Boy; costume designer, Aude Bronson-Howard.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Robert De Niro and Paul Dano headline writer/director Paul Weitz's adaptation of Nick Flynn's memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. The story concerns a struggling writer named Nick (Dano), who is working at an inner-city homeless shelter when his estranged father Jonathan (De Niro) shows up looking for a place to rest his head. Dale Dickey, Lili Taylor, Olivia Thirlby, and Julianne Moore co-star in a film produced by Depth of Field in association with Tribeca Productions and Corduroy Films. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Based on the memoir "Another bullshit night in Suck City" by Nick Flynn.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Special features: The heart of Being Flynn.
Director of photography, Declan Quinn ; editor, Joan Sobel ; music, Badly Drawn Boy; costume designer, Aude Bronson-Howard.
Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Julianne Moore, Lili Taylor, Wes Studi.
A "compelling exploration of the unbreakable yet fragile bonds between parent and child... Nick Flynn ... is a young writer seeking to define himself. His father Jonathan..., however, scrapes through life on his own terms and has not seen his son in 18 years. Taking a job at a homeless shelter, Nick finds purpose in his own life and work until one night Jonathan arrives seeking a bed. To give the two of them a shot at a real future, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out to his dad"--Container.
MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, some sexual content, drug use, and brief nudity.
DVD; region 1; NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
English or dubbed Spanish dialogue, optional Spanish or French subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.