Requiem for a dream

Blu-ray 2009

Four individuals living near Coney Island in Brooklyn suffer from their menacing addiction to heroin, cocaine, and speed. The drugs are very easily obtained and keep each in its cycle of dependence. Harry Goldfarb is your typical heroin junky with an ambitious plan of 'Getting off hard knocks,' with help from his cocaine crazed girlfriend Marion and his long time friend Tyrone. In the mean time, his widowed mother is obsessed with the glamor of t...

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ISBN:

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Edition:

Blu-ray; Director's cut; Widescreen

Description:

1 blu-ray videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital video surround
videodisc
Blu-ray
video file Blu-ray
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: R

Notes:

Based on the novel: Requiem for a dream by Hubert Selby, Jr
Originally released as motion picture in 2000
Special features: commentary by director Darren Aronofsky ; commentary by director of photography Matthew Libatique; deleted scenes with optional director commentary; documentary, The making of Requiem for a dream; Memories, dreams and addictions : Ellen Burstyn interviews Hubert Selby Jr.; theatrical trailers and TV spots
Director of photography, Matthew Libatique ; editor, Jay Rabinowitz ; original score, Clint Mansell ; string quartet performers, Kronos Quartet
Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Blu-ray disc, regions A, B and C; 1080p High Definition, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio; requires Blu-ray player
This bluray disc will not play in standard DVD players
BSFC Award, 2000: Best actress (Burstyn); Independent Spirit Award, 2001: Best cinematography (Libatique), Best female lead (Burstyn); Stockholm Film Festival, 2000: Best actress (Burstyn)
English dialogue; optional English or Spanish subtitles
English subtitles of the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

LCCN:

be2009026049

Control Number:

3223789

UPC:

012236100294
065935825401

Other Authors:

Aronofsky, Darren
Bandeira Entertainment (Firm)
Burstyn, Ellen, 1932-
Connelly, Jennifer
Industry Entertainment
Kronos Quartet
Leto, Jared, 1971-
Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
Mansell, Clint
Protozoa Pictures
Selby, Hubert, Jr., 1928-2004
Selby, Hubert, Jr., 1928-2004. Requiem for a dream
Sibling Productions
Thousand Words (Firm)
Watson, Eric
Wayans, Marlon
West, Palmer

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