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Vanity fair [videorecording] Focus Features presents a Tempesta Films/Granada Film production ; directed by Mira Nair ; screenplay by Julian Fellowes, Matthew Faulk, and Mark Street ; produced by Janette Day, Lydia Dean Pilcher, and Donna Gigliotti.

Summary:

In a culture obsessed with status, Becky Sharp, beautiful, clever and poor, is determined to earn her place in society. While the wickedly amoral Becky manipulates the men around her, the vagaries of fate leave her innocent childhood friend, Amelia Sedley, to the mercy of others.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1417003596
  • ISBN: 9781417003594
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Features: deleted scenes, Welcome to Vanity fair featurette, The women behind Vanity fair featurette, audio commentary, scene selection.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Declan Quinn ; production designer, Maria Djukovic ; editor, Alyson C. Johnson ; music, Mychael Danna.
Participant or Performer Note:
Reese Witherspoon, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, Geraldine McEwan, James Purefoy.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
In English or French with optional French or Spanish subtitles.
Subject:
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 > Film and video adaptations.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Upper class > England > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women > England > Drama.
England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Drama.

Available copies

  • 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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