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The Resource The big chill, Columbia Pictures presents a Carson Productions Group, Ltd. production of a Lawrence Kasdan film ; executive producers, Marcia Nasatir and Lawrence Kasdan ; written by Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek ; produced by Michael Shamberg ; directed by Lawrence Kasdan, (videorecording)

The big chill, Columbia Pictures presents a Carson Productions Group, Ltd. production of a Lawrence Kasdan film ; executive producers, Marcia Nasatir and Lawrence Kasdan ; written by Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek ; produced by Michael Shamberg ; directed by Lawrence Kasdan, (videorecording)

Label
The big chill
Title
The big chill
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures presents a Carson Productions Group, Ltd. production of a Lawrence Kasdan film ; executive producers, Marcia Nasatir and Lawrence Kasdan ; written by Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek ; produced by Michael Shamberg ; directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Contributor
Actor
Director of photography
Film director
Film distributor
Film editor
Filmmaker
Film producer
Production company
Production designer
Screenwriter
Writer of supplementary textual content
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
After the shocking suicide of their friend, a group of thirty-somethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending a weekend together, reminiscing about their shared pasts as children of the sixties and confronting the uncertainty of their lives as adults of the eighties
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Big chill (Motion picture)
Credits note
Editor, Carol Littleton ; production designer, Ida Random ; director of photography, John Bailey
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: R
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Language note
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.B54 2014
PerformerNote
Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, Don Galloway
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1949-
  • 1949-
  • 1947-
  • 1952-
  • 1937-2009
  • 1942 August 10-
  • 1986-
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  • Kasdan, Lawrence
  • Nasatir, Marcia
  • Benedek, Barbara
  • Shamberg, Michael
  • Berenger, Tom
  • Close, Glenn
  • Goldblum, Jeff
  • Hurt, William
  • Kline, Kevin
  • Place, Mary Kay
  • Tilly, Meg
  • Williams, JoBeth
  • Galloway, Don
  • Littleton, Carol
  • Random, Ida
  • Bailey, John
  • Bouzereau, Laurent
  • Foundas, Scott
  • Dunham, Lena
  • Jacobson, Harlan
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation
  • Carson Productions
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
105
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
720
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  • Suicide
  • Funeral rites and ceremonies
  • Friendship
  • Reminiscing
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The big chill, Columbia Pictures presents a Carson Productions Group, Ltd. production of a Lawrence Kasdan film ; executive producers, Marcia Nasatir and Lawrence Kasdan ; written by Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek ; produced by Michael Shamberg ; directed by Lawrence Kasdan, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983
  • Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Success in the system (interview with filmmaker Kasdan, he discusses the challenges of creating personal work within the Hollywood studio system and his remarkable career as a collaborative screenwriter and writer-director); "The big chill" : a reunion (1998 documentary by Laurent Bouzereau about the making of the film, including writer-director Kasdan and actors Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams); Thirtieth anniversary Q & A (Q & A with cast and crew, moderated by Variety's chief film critic, Scott Foundas, held at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival); Deleted scenes. Booklet features an essay by writer and filmmaker Lena Dunhan and a 1983 piece by critic Harlan Jacobson
Accompanying material
1 fold-out insert.
Bar code
  • 31223137283215
  • 31223137283355
  • 31223137283330
  • 31223137283348
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Bonus features
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (105 min.)
Isbn
9786316075345
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515118910
  • 715515152112
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • CC2514DDVD
  • CC2514D
  • CC2514D-1
  • CC2514D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)883678553
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital, monaural
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The big chill, Columbia Pictures presents a Carson Productions Group, Ltd. production of a Lawrence Kasdan film ; executive producers, Marcia Nasatir and Lawrence Kasdan ; written by Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek ; produced by Michael Shamberg ; directed by Lawrence Kasdan, (videorecording)
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983
  • Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Success in the system (interview with filmmaker Kasdan, he discusses the challenges of creating personal work within the Hollywood studio system and his remarkable career as a collaborative screenwriter and writer-director); "The big chill" : a reunion (1998 documentary by Laurent Bouzereau about the making of the film, including writer-director Kasdan and actors Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams); Thirtieth anniversary Q & A (Q & A with cast and crew, moderated by Variety's chief film critic, Scott Foundas, held at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival); Deleted scenes. Booklet features an essay by writer and filmmaker Lena Dunhan and a 1983 piece by critic Harlan Jacobson
Accompanying material
1 fold-out insert.
Bar code
  • 31223137283215
  • 31223137283355
  • 31223137283330
  • 31223137283348
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Bonus features
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (105 min.)
Isbn
9786316075345
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515118910
  • 715515152112
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • CC2514DDVD
  • CC2514D
  • CC2514D-1
  • CC2514D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)883678553
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital, monaural
Video recording format
DVD

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