Description |
1 online resource (video file (134 min.)) : sound, color |
Summary |
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam |
Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2023 |
Credits |
Director, Alexander Payne ; screenwriter, David Hemingson ; cinematographer, Eigil Bryld ; film editor, Kevin Tent ; composer, Mark Orton ; producers, Bill Block, David Hemingson |
Cast |
Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Andrew Garman, Tate Donovan, Gillian Vigman |
Notes |
English, dialogue; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) |
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Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing |
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MPA rating: R; for language, some drug use and brief sexual material |
Subject |
Teachers -- Drama
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At-risk youth -- Drama
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Teacher-student relationships -- Drama
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Boarding schools -- New England -- Drama
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Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Films comiques.
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Films de fiction.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Payne, Alexander, 1961- film director
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Hemingson, David, screenwriter, film producer
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Johnson, Mark, 1945 December 27- film producer
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Block, Bill, film producer
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Giamatti, Paul, actor
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Randolph, Da'vine Joy, 1986- actor
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Sessa, Dominic, 2002- actor
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Preston, Carrie, actor
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Garman, Andrew (Narrator), actor
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Donovan, Tate, actor
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Vigman, Gillian, 1972- actor
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Bryld, Eigil, director of photography
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Tent, Kevin, editor of moving image work
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Orton, Mark, composer (expression)
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Focus Features, presenter
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Miramax Films, production company
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Gran Via Productions, production company
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Universal Pictures (Firm), publisher
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Studio Distribution Services (Firm), film distributor
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