Defending Your Life
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021],c2021
Format: DVD
Edition: Director-approved special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (folded : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Series: Criterion collection ; 1071.
Other Authors:
Brooks, Albert, 1947- actor, screenwriter, film director, actor.
Grillo, Michael (Michael F.), film producer.
Streep, Meryl, actor.
Torn, Rip, 1931-2019, actor.
Grant, Lee, 1927- actor.
Finfer, David, editor.
Gore, Michael, 1951- composer (expression)
Daviau, Allen, director of photography.
Aster, Ari, essayist.
Geffen Pictures, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Brooks, Albert, 1947- actor, screenwriter, film director, actor.
Grillo, Michael (Michael F.), film producer.
Streep, Meryl, actor.
Torn, Rip, 1931-2019, actor.
Grant, Lee, 1927- actor.
Finfer, David, editor.
Gore, Michael, 1951- composer (expression)
Daviau, Allen, director of photography.
Aster, Ari, essayist.
Geffen Pictures, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Target Audience: Not rated.
ISBN:
9781681438177
UPC: 715515257114
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD COMEDY Defending | Blythewood | DVD | In |
DVD COMEDY Defending | Northeast Indoors | DVD | In |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
"New 4K digital restoration"--Container.
Special features: New conversation between Brooks and filmmaker Robert Weide; new interview with theologian and critic Donna Bowman; new program featuring exerpts from 1991 interviews; essay by filmmaker Ari Aster.
Music by Michael Gore ; director of photography, Allen Daviau ; editor, David Finfer.
Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Buck Henry.
DVD, NTSC, wide screen (1.85:1); Dolby 2.0 surround; NTSC, region 1.
English dialogue; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Wide screen (1.85:1).
"New 4K digital restoration"--Container.
Special features: New conversation between Brooks and filmmaker Robert Weide; new interview with theologian and critic Donna Bowman; new program featuring exerpts from 1991 interviews; essay by filmmaker Ari Aster.
Music by Michael Gore ; director of photography, Allen Daviau ; editor, David Finfer.
Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Buck Henry.
DVD, NTSC, wide screen (1.85:1); Dolby 2.0 surround; NTSC, region 1.
English dialogue; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).