Requiem for a dream
Title:
Requiem for a dream
Author:
Aronofsky, Darren, director, author of screenplay.
Edition:
Director's cut.
Publication Information:
Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2001]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Harry and his best friend, Tyrone, are impoverished heroin addicts living in Coney Island, NY. Harry's girlfriend, Marion, is a fellow addict trying to distance herself from her wealthy father. Harry's mother, Sara, spends her days watching television and wants to lose weight to go on a game show. She visits a sleazy doctor who prescribes her amphetamines and soon Sara has a drug habit of her own.
General Note:
Based on the novel: Requiem for a dream / by Hubert Selby, Jr.
"Director's cut."--Container.
Originally released as motion picture in 2000.
Also available on DVD in an edited version, with the MPAA rating: R.
Special features: commentary by director Darren Aronofsky ; commentary by director of photography Matthew Libatique; scene analysis; deleted scenes with optional director commentary; documentary, The making of Requiem for a dream; Memories, dreams and addictions : Ellen Burstyn interviews Hubert Selby Jr.; cast and crew information; production notes; theatrical trailers and TV spots.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: Not rated ("This film is unrated but contains very explicit sexual material").
Personal Subject:
Geographic Term:
UPC:
012236115670
012236118152
Format :
DVD
