Housekeeping
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2011]
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
"Writer/director Bill Forsyth (Comfort and Joy, Being Human) brings to life this tale, set in the 1950s and based on a novel by Marilynne Robinson, which is neither a sentimental nor simple exploration of familial and emotional bonds. Ruth (Sara Walker) and Lucille (Andrea Burchill) are two young sisters who are abandoned by their mother and raised by a succession of aged relatives, until their unconventional aunt Sylvie (Christine Lahti, Running on Empty) arrives like a breath of fresh air. Sylvie has been living on the road for many years, and her life is detached from the norms of the community; she returns home to bittersweet memories and the town's harsh scrutiny. The girls are thrilled to have a charming young role model and Sylvie's new responsibilities offer her a chance for real love, sharing a home, and a sense of family -- all things she has not felt for a long time. Eventually, as Ruth and Lucille's perceptions of Sylvie change, the two girls develop vastly different ways of relating to this eccentric, original woman"--Container.
Other Authors:
Forsyth, Bill, 1946-
Colesberry, Robert F.
Lahti, Christine.
Walker, Sara (Actor)
Burchill, Andrea.
Pitoniak, Anne.
Gibbs, Michael, 1937-
Robinson, Marilynne. Housekeeping.
Columbia Pictures.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Forsyth, Bill, 1946-
Colesberry, Robert F.
Lahti, Christine.
Walker, Sara (Actor)
Burchill, Andrea.
Pitoniak, Anne.
Gibbs, Michael, 1937-
Robinson, Marilynne. Housekeeping.
Columbia Pictures.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Subjects:
Robinson, Marilynne -- Film adaptations.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Northwest, Pacific -- Drama.
Girls -- Drama.
Aunts -- Drama.
Mothers -- Death -- Drama.
Robinson, Marilynne -- Film adaptations.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Northwest, Pacific -- Drama.
Girls -- Drama.
Aunts -- Drama.
Mothers -- Death -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG. OFRB rating: F; for a mature theme.
UPC: 043396387676
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD COMEDY Housekeeping | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | In |
DVD COMEDY Housekeeping | Cooper (Forest Acres) | DVD | In |
Based on the novel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Michael Coulter ; editor, Michael Ellis ; music, Michael Gibbs.
Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese.
DVD-R.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Michael Coulter ; editor, Michael Ellis ; music, Michael Gibbs.
Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese.
DVD-R.