Brush with fate

DVD 2003

Chronicles the 300-year history of a lost painting said to have been created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. Framed by the present day narrative of a teacher who has the inside track on the number of lives profoundly altered by the elusive painting. The teacher's tale interconnects individual stories of tragedy, romance, success, failure and even the Holocaust.

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College teachers Drama

Lost articles Drama

Painting, Dutch Drama

Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 Drama

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Part of a Series:

Hallmark Hall of Fame. The DVD series Hallmark Hall of Fame. The DVD series ; 47

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Description:

1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
polychrome
digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

"Based on the novel 'Girl in hyacinth blue'."
Based on the novel "Girl in hyacinth blue" by Susan Vreeland
Home use only. Public performance rights NOT included
Originally broadcast by CBS Feb. 2, 2003
Director of photography, Eric Van Haren Noman ; editor, Scott Vickrey ; original music, Lawrence Shragge ; costume designers, Helen P. Butler, Ellen Lens ; special effects supervisor, Harrie Wiessenhaan
Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Thomas Gibson, Phyllida Law, Kelly MacDonald, Patrick Bergin, Kieran Bew, Daniël Boissevain, Roef Ragas
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby Digital, full screen
Closed-captioned

Control Number:

3143139

UPC:

707729141495

Other Authors:

Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
Bergin, Patrick
Bew, Kieran
Boissevain, Daniël 1969-
Burstyn, Ellen, 1932-
Butler, Helen P. 1954-
Close, Glenn, 1947-
Family Home Entertainment (Firm)
Gibson, Thomas, 1962-
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc
Haren Noman, Eric van
Law, Phyllida
Lens, Ellen
Macdonald, Kelly, 1976-
Ragas, Roef 1965-
Russo, Richard, 1949-
Shields, Brent
Shragge, Lawrence
Vickrey, Scott
Vreeland, Susan. Girl in hyacinth blue
Wiessenhaan, Harrie

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