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Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benn...
| Corporate Author: | Revolution Studios., 1492 Pictures., Tribeca Productions., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: | Columbus, Chris., Larson, Jonathan., Chbosky, Stephen., Rosenthal, Jane, 1956-, Rapp, Anthony., Pascal, Adam., Dawson, Rosario., Martin, Jesse L., Heredia, Wilson Jermaine., Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945- |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English French |
| Published: |
[Culver City, Calif.] :
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
[2006]
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| Edition: | 2-disc full screen special ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benny is a former friend who had promised them free rent when he married the landlord's daughter. Roger has also attracted the attention of his downstairs neighbor, Mimi. Mark's former girlfriend, Maureen, has found a new romance with a lawyer named Joanne. Philosophy professor Tom finds his soul mate in drag queen Angel. With this being the late 1980s, the threat of AIDS is always present. |
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| Item Description: |
Based on the musical book music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Special features: commentary by director Chris Columbus and selected cast; feature length documentary "No day but today" (112 min.); deleted scenes and musical performances (12 min.); PSAs for Jonathan Larson's performing arts foundation and the National Marfan Foundation. |
| Physical Description: |
2 videodiscs (ca. 135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD; region 1 encoding; full screen (1.33:1̀) presentation. |
| Audience: |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic material involving drugs and sexuality, and for some strong language. |
| Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; art directors, Keith P. Cunningham, Nanci Noblett ; editor, Richard Pearson ; original music, Jonathan Larson ; costume designer, Aggie Guerard Rodgers ; production designer, Howard Cummings. |
| ISBN: |
1424807786 9781424807789 |
| Access: |
For private home use only. |