The cat's meow [videorecording] / Lions Gate Films, CP Medien and Dan Films present a Bieber + Lewis production ; a Peter Bogdanovich picture ; producers, Kim Bieber ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Steven Peros ; directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
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FilmPublisher number: VM 8099D | Trimark Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: [United States] : Trimark Home Video : Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2002], c2001.Edition: 16x9 widescreen version (1.85:1)Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1588176088
- 9781588176080
- Director of photography, Bruno Delbonnel ; editor, Edward Norris ; music arranged and conducted by Ian Whitcomb ; costume designer, Carline De Vivaise ; production designer, Jean-Vincent Puzos.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Peter Bogdanovich turns his sights on the 1920s for a fictitious look at the possible reasons for the death of silent movie producer Thomas Ince (played here by Cary Elwes) after spending a holiday with media tycoon William Randolph Hearst (played by Edward Herrmann). The film begins and ends on Ince's funeral, attended by best-selling novelist Elinor Glyn (Joanna Lumley), who was present when the young producer finally died and who leads the audience through the unsure details of what may have occurred to cause the tragedy. Then, through flashback, we see Elinor arriving on the dock to Hearst's party, which is attended by a number of Hollywood players. Among those in attendance are Ince, his business manager (Victor Slezak), and his irritating mistress (Claudia Harrison. Charlie Chaplin (played by British comic Eddie Izzard) is recovering from a box-office bomb and fearing his 16-year-old mistress is pregnant, not to mention that he is seeing Hearst's lady on the side, the vampish actress Marion Davies (played here by Kirsten Dunst). Also seen are Louella Parsons (Jennifer Tilly), a clumsy movie critic who works for Hearst, and Joseph (Ronan Vibert), Hearst's private secretary. The film was funded in Europe and also includes in its large cast James Laurenson, Chiara Schoras, and Claudie Blakley. ~ Jason Clark, Rovi
Based on the play by Steven Peros.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Special features: behind-the-scenes footage; director commentary; restored 1916 Chaplin short "Behind the screen"; "Seein' stars" newsreel from 1919; "Anatomy of a scene" courtesy of Sundance channel.
Director of photography, Bruno Delbonnel ; editor, Edward Norris ; music arranged and conducted by Ian Whitcomb ; costume designer, Carline De Vivaise ; production designer, Jean-Vincent Puzos.
Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard, Joanna Lumley, Victor Slezak, Jennifer Tilly.
A retelling of one of the most notorious Tinseltown legends to circulate at the height of the studio era. In November 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Included among the famous guests that weekend were Charlie Chaplin, starlet Marion Davies, the studio system creator and producer Thomas Ince, and feared gossip columnist, Louella Parsons.
MPAA rating: PG-13, for sexuality, a scene of violence and brief drug use.
DVD; widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital.
In English with optional Spanish subtitles or English subtitles for the hearing impaired.