Happiness

Blu-ray 1998

As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz's portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban "normalcy." Embodies an array of loosely connected New Jersey deviants, depressives, and misfits, among them a frustrated phone-sex pest, an all-American dad concealing his pedophile urges, and a lonely woman with a grisly secret, all of whom want...

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1235 Criterion collection ; 1235 Blu-ray

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ISBN:

9798886071900

Edition:

Director-approved Blu-ray Special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (140 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: R

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1998
Special features: new conversation between Solondz and filmmaker Charlotte Wells; new interview with Baker; and more!
Title from container
Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Gazzara, Dylan Baker
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
For private home use only
Audio track in English, captions in English

Control Number:

3347254

UPC:

715515302210

Other Authors:

Adams, Jane, 1965- actor
Boyle, Lara Flynn, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Gazzara, Ben, 1930-2012, actor
Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014, actor
Solondz, Todd, film director, screenwriter

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