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Losing Isaiah, Paramount Pictures ; producers, Howard W. Koch, Jr., Naomi Foner ; screenplay, Naomi Foner ; director, Stephen Gyllenhaal

Label
Losing Isaiah, Paramount Pictures ; producers, Howard W. Koch, Jr., Naomi Foner ; screenplay, Naomi Foner ; director, Stephen Gyllenhaal
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rated R
Main title
Losing Isaiah
Medium
electronic resource
Responsibility statement
Paramount Pictures ; producers, Howard W. Koch, Jr., Naomi Foner ; screenplay, Naomi Foner ; director, Stephen Gyllenhaal
Runtime
106
Series statement
Widescreen DVD collection
Summary
Jessica Lange and Halle Berry give performances of uncommon poignancy and depth. Lange plays an adoptive mother who gives an abandoned child a new chance at life. Berry, in a remarkable portrayal heralded as her dramatic breakthrough, is the birth mother who cleans up her life and sets out to reclaim the child. Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) portrays her firebrand attorney
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action