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Title:
House of games [DVD video]
Publication Date:
2007
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
ISBN:
9781934121719
Abstract:
A therapist and best-selling author must confront her own demons when she meets a man who has gambling debts and she feels compelled to help him.
General Note:
Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
"Under exclusive license from MGM Home Entertainment LLC"--Disc label.
Series numbering from container spine.
Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
"1.78:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs"--Container.
Booklet inserted in container.
Special features: audio commentary by director David Mamet and consultant and actor Ricky Jay, new video interviews with actors Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna, David Mamet on House of games: a short documentary, storyboard detail, theatrical trailer, essay by critic Kent Jones, and excerpt from Mamet's introduction to the published screenplay.
Performers:
Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala, J.T. Walsh.
Contents:
Special features: Widescreen version -- Audio commentary by director David Mamet and consultant and actor Ricky Jay -- New video interviews with actors Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna -- "David Mamet on 'House of games, '" a short documentary shot on location during the film's preparation and production -- Storyboard detail -- Theatrical trailer -- An essay be critic Kent Jones and excerpts from Mamet's introduction to the published screenplay -- Language: English Dolby digital mono -- Subtitles: English SDH.
Technical Details:
DVD, region 1, NTSC.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; adult situations, language, violence.
