Household saints

DVD 2024

Nancy Savoca's star-studded indie gem Household Saints is a chronicle of a spirited Italian American New York family that perfectly balances humor, tragedy, and pathos. Joseph Santangelo is a butcher with a wicked sense of humor who 'wins' his wife Catherine in a pinochle game. Over the protests of his mother who talks to ghosts and makes deals with saints, Joseph marries Catherine. When the old lady dies, her spirit is channeled into her grandda...

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Italian American families Drama

Little Italy (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.) Drama

Mothers and daughters Drama

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Drama Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films de fiction Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Description:

2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
stereo
sound
1.85:1
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
all regions
auditory closedCaptions

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: NR

Other Title:

Renata
Bad timing
Many miracles of Household saints

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1993
Based on the novel by Francine Prose
"Digitally restored and remastered by Lightbox Film Center at University of the Arts (Philadelphia) in collaboration with Milestone Films with support fom Ron and Suzanne Naples."
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Extras: Renata (1982, Nancy Savoca's student film) ; Bad timing (1983, Nancy Savoca's student film) ; The many miracles of Household saints (2023, making-of documentary by Martina Savoca-Guay) ; Archival interviews with Jonathan Demme, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tracey Ullman, Lili Taylor, Nancy Savoca, Richard Guay, Judith Malina, Peter Newman ; New interview with Nancy Savoca and Lili Taylor by Richard Guay (courtesy of the Criterion Collection)
Director of photography, Bobby Bukowski ; original music, Stephen Endelman ; edited by Elizabeth Kling
Lili Taylor, Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Imperioli
DVD, NTSC, region free
English dialogue; optional English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Control Number:

3313928

UPC:

738329266004

Other Authors:

Bukowski, Bobby, director of photography
D'Onofrio, Vincent, actor
Demme, Jonathan, 1944-2017, presenter
Endelman, Stephen, composer
Fine Line Features, presenter
Guay, Richard A., screenwriter, film producer
Imperioli, Michael, 1966- actor
Jones Entertainment Group, production company
Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor
Kling, Elizabeth, editor of moving image work
Milestone Film & Video, publisher
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Prose, Francine, 1947- Household saints
Newman, Peter (Producer), film producer
Savoca, Nancy, film director, screenwriter
Taylor, Lili, actor
Ullman, Tracey, actor
University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.). Lightbox Film Center, restorationist

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