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The switch [videorecording] / Miramax Films and Mandate Pictures present ; a Bona Fide, Echo Films production ; produced by Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa ; screenplay by Allan Loeb ; directed by Josh Gordon & Will Speck.

Gordon, Josh. (Added Author). Speck, Will. (Added Author). Berger, Albert. (Added Author). Yerxa, Ron. (Added Author). Loeb, Allan. (Added Author). Aniston, Jennifer. (Added Author). Bateman, Jason. (Added Author). Wilson, Patrick, 1973- (Added Author). Goldblum, Jeff, 1952- (Added Author). Lewis, Juliette. (Added Author). Eugenides, Jeffrey. Baster. (Added Author). Miramax Films. (Added Author). Mandate Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Bona Fide Productions. (Added Author). Echo Films. (Added Author). Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.) (Added Author). Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis, Thomas Robinson. (Cast).

Summary:

"Kassie, a smart, fun-loving single woman ..., despite her neurotic best friend Wally's ... objections, decides it's time to have a baby--even if it means doing it herself-- with a little help from a charming sperm donor ... But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn't discovered until seven years later-- when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute--though slightly neurotic--son"--Container.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780012050194
  • ISBN: 0012050199
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
DVD release of the 2010 motion picture.
Based on the short story "Baster" by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Special features: deleted scenes ; "The switch conceived"; behind-the-scenes featurette.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Jess Hall ; film editor, John Axelrad ; music, Alex Wurman ; music supervisor, Steven Baker.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis, Thomas Robinson.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic content, sexual material including dialogue, some nudity, drug use and language.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language Note:
English dialogue, optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned.

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