Life is sweet
(DVD)

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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2013.
Format
DVD
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Media collection
DVD FEATURE LIFE
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Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Overflow; ask at Sights & Sounds desk
DVD FEATURE LIFE
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2013.
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Language
English
UPC
715515105514

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
General Note
Special features: Commentary (featuring director Mike Leigh); Mike Leigh at the National Film Theatre (interview with director); Five minute films (five short films written and directed by Mike Leigh in 1975): Probation, The birth of the goalie of the 2001 F.A. cup final, Old chums, A light snack, Afternoon. Booklet features an essay by critic David Sterritt.
Creation/Production Credits
Costume designer, Lindy Hemming ; production designer, Alison Chitty ; music by Rachel Portman ; director of photography, Dick Pope ; edited by Jon Gregory.
Participants/Performers
Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, David Thewlis, Moya Brady, Stephen Rea.
Description
An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering lay about. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
Target Audience
Rating: R; for language and a scene of sensuality.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0 surround.
Language
English dialogue; English subtitles.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Leigh, M., Channing-Williams, S., Steadman, A., Broadbent, J., Spall, T., Skinner, C., Horrocks, J., Thewlis, D., Brady, M., Rea, S., Hemming, L., Chitty, A., Portman, R., Pope, D., Gregory, J. (. e., & Sterritt, D. (2013). Life is sweet (Director-approved DVD special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mike Leigh et al.. 2013. Life Is Sweet. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mike Leigh et al.. Life Is Sweet Criterion Collection, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Leigh, Mike, et al. Life Is Sweet Director-approved DVD special edition., Criterion Collection, 2013.

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