Weekend

DVD 2012

A one-night stand develops into a weekend-long idyll for two very different young men in the English Midlands, in an emotionally naked film that's both a snapshot of the complexities of contemporary gay living, and a portrait of a love affair.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Gay men Fiction

Midlands (England) Fiction

Sex Fiction

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Feature films Fiction Romance films Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 622 Criterion collection ; 622 DVD

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ISBN:

9781604656206

Edition:

DVD special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (97 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 2.0
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011
Special features: Andrew Haigh's weekend (interviews with director Andrew Haigh, producer Tristan Goligher, actors Tom Cullen and Chris New, and director of photography Ula Pontikos); The sex scenes (interview with Haigh); Audition tape (audition footage of actors Tom Cullen and Chris New); Chris New's footage (on-set video footage); Quinnford + Scout (video essay on the film's set photographers, Oisín Share and Colin Quinn); Two short films: Cahuenga Blvd. (2003), Five Miles Out (2009); Trailer. Booklet with an essay by film critic Dennis Lim
Director of photography, Ula Pontikos
Tom Cullen, Chris New, Jonathan Race, Laura Freeman
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
In English ; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

2277028

UPC:

715515097819

Other Authors:

Bureau Film Company, production company
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Cullen, Tom, 1985- actor
EM Media (Firm), production company
Freeman, Laura (Actress), actor
Glendale Picture Company, production company
Goligher, Tristan, film producer
Haigh, Andrew, 1973- film director, screenwriter
Janus Films, production company
New, Chris, 1981- actor
Race, Jonathan, actor
Sundance Selects (Firm), presenter
Syncronicity Films, production company

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