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The ballad of the sad cafe
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The work The ballad of the sad cafe represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource The ballad of the sad cafe
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The ballad of the sad cafe
Statement of responsibility
Merchant-Ivory Productions ; screenplay by Michael Hirst ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; directed by Simon Callow
Contributor
  • Hirst, Michael, 1952-
  • McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967
  • Merchant, Ismail
  • Carradine, Keith, 1949-
  • Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
  • Callow, Simon, 1949-
  • Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002
  • Albee, Edward, 1928-2016
  • Merchant Ivory Productions
  • Cohen Media Group
Actor
  • Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002
  • Carradine, Keith, 1949-
  • Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
Film director
  • Callow, Simon, 1949-
Film producer
  • Merchant, Ismail
Production company
  • Merchant Ivory Productions
Publisher
  • Cohen Media Group
Screenwriter
  • Hirst, Michael, 1952-
Subject
  • Man-woman relationships -- Drama
  • Restaurateurs -- Drama
  • Southern States -- Drama
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Comedy films
  • Fiction films
  • Feature films
  • Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Drama
  • Film adaptations
  • Detective and mystery films
Genre
  • Comedy films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Detective and mystery films
  • Film adaptations
  • Drama
  • Fiction films
  • Feature films
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A twisted Southern Gothic dark comedy set in a small rural town in the deep South. Miss Amelia, the eccentric proprietor of the town2s only cafe and, more importantly to her grip on the townsfolk, the proprietor of a secret moonshine still. Her domineering hold on the town is threatened when two strangers appear with a claim on her past
Member of
  • Cohen film collection
  • Classics of American cinema
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13
Language note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.B35 2022
PerformerNote
Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Rod Steiger
Runtime
101
Series statement
  • Cohen film collection
  • Classics of American cinema
Technique
live action

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  • The ballad of the sad cafe, Merchant-Ivory Productions ; screenplay by Michael Hirst ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; directed by Simon Callow, (videorecording)

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