Kate plays Christine [DVD video]

Title:

Added Author:

Sheil, Kate Lyn, interviewer, on-screen participant.

Greene, Robert, film director, screenwriter.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publication Date:

2017

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Grasshopper Film, [2017]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (112 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

In preparation for a film role, actor Kate Lyn Sheil conducts an investigation into the death of Christine Chubbock, a Sarasota, Florida newscaster who in 1974 committed suicide on the the air, the event that served as inspiration for Sidney Lumet's Oscar-winning film Network.

General Note:

Documentary.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

"Excerpt from Christine Chubbuck's autobiography written when she was 15 years old."

Performers:

Interviewer and actor, Kate Lyn Sheil.

Contents:

Special features: Audio commentary by director Robert Greene -- Kate plays Christine : directed & found (2016) (32 min.) -- Making of an ending (silent) (2016) (15 min.) -- Deleted scenes (30 min.) -- Alternative opening -- Theatrical trailer.

Technical Details:

DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation.

Personal Subject:

Chubbuck, Christine-Death and burial.

Sheil, Kate Lyn.

Subject Term:

Suicide -- Florida -- Sarasota -- Case studies.

Television journalists -- Mental health -- Case studies.

Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.

Actors -- United States -- Biography.

Genre:

Documentary films.