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The Resource Losing Isaiah, Paramount Pictures ; producers, Howard W. Koch, Jr., Naomi Foner ; screenplay, Naomi Foner ; director, Stephen Gyllenhaal, (electronic resource)

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

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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
Language
eng
Work
Instance
Label
Losing Isaiah
Title
Losing Isaiah
Statement of responsibility
Paramount Pictures ; producers, Howard W. Koch, Jr., Naomi Foner ; screenplay, Naomi Foner ; director, Stephen Gyllenhaal
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
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Midwest
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal
Intended audience
Rated R
PerformerNote
Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn, Cuba Gooding, Jr, Samuel L. Jackson
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1945-
  • 1968-
  • 1950-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Koch, Howard W.
  • Foner, Naomi
  • Gyllenhaal, Stephen
  • Lange, Jessica
  • Berry, Halle
  • Strathairn, David
  • Gooding, Cuba
  • Jackson, Samuel L
  • Isham, Mark
  • Bartkowiak, Andrzej
  • Margolis, Seth Jacob
  • hoopla digital
Runtime
106
Series statement
Widescreen DVD collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Families
  • Adoption
  • Birthmothers
  • Interracial adoption
  • Birthmothers
  • New York (N.Y.)
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Losing Isaiah, Paramount Pictures ; producers, Howard W. Koch, Jr., Naomi Foner ; screenplay, Naomi Foner ; director, Stephen Gyllenhaal, (electronic resource)
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Publication
Distribution
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online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 106 min.))
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
sd., col.
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11141519
Publisher number
MWT11141519
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
System control number
remove
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other
Label
Losing Isaiah, Paramount Pictures ; producers, Howard W. Koch, Jr., Naomi Foner ; screenplay, Naomi Foner ; director, Stephen Gyllenhaal, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Distribution
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 106 min.))
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
sd., col.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
11141519
Publisher number
MWT11141519
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
System control number
remove
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other

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