Chocolat [videorecording] / Miramax Films presents a David Brown production ; produced by David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran ; screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs ; directed by Lasse Hallström.

Binoche, Juliette, 1964- (actor.). Brown, David, 1916-2010 (film producer.). Caron, Leslie, (actor.). Commelin, Elisabeth, (actor.). Cook, Ron, 1948- (actor.). Dench, Judi, 1934- (actor.). Depp, Johnny, (actor.). Golden, Kit, (film producer.). Hallström, Lasse, (film director.). Harris, Joanne, 1964- Chocolat. (Added Author). Holleran, Leslie (Motion picture producer), (film producer.). Jacobs, Robert Nelson, (screenwriter.). Koenig, Aurèlien Parent, (actor.). Molina, Alfred, 1953- (actor.). Moss, Carrie-Anne, 1970- (actor.). O'Conor, Hugh, 1975- (actor.). Olin, Lena, (actor.). Pratt, Roger, (cinematographer.). Stormare, Peter, (actor.). Thivisol, Victoire, 1991- (actor.). Wood, John, 1930-2011 (actor.). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Miramax Films. (Added Author). Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O'Conor, John Wood, Peter Stormare, Victoire Thivisol, Aurèlien Parent Koenig, Ron Cook, Elisabeth Commelin, and Leslie Caron. (Cast).

Summary:

Once upon a time, there was a quiet little village in the French countryside, whose people believed in Tranquilité - Tranquility. If you lived in this village, you understood what was expected of you. You knew your place in the scheme of things. And if you happened to forget, someone would help remind you. In this village, if you saw something you weren't supposed to see, you learned to look the other way. If perchance your hopes had been disappointed, you learned never to ask for more. So through good times and bad, famine and feast, the villagers held fast to their traditions. Until, one winter day, a sly wind blew in from the North...

Record details

ISBN: 0788827006
ISBN: 9780788827006
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 122 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen
Publisher: [Burbank, California] : Miramax Home Entertainment, [2001]
Distributor: Burbank, California : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the novel by Joanne Harris. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000. Special features: The making of "Chocolat" [featurette] (29 minutes); Audio commentary with director Lasse Hallström and producers David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran [optional audio feature]; "Chocolat" costume design [featurette] (4 minutes); "Chocolat" production design [featurette] (8 minutes); Deleted scenes (6 minutes); Previews (8 minutes).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Roger Pratt ; editor, Andrew Mondshein ; music, Rachel Portman ; production designer, David Gropman ; costume designer, Renée Ehrlich Kalfus.
Participant or Performer Note:	Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O'Conor, John Wood, Peter Stormare, Victoire Thivisol, Aurèlien Parent Koenig, Ron Cook, Elisabeth Commelin, and Leslie Caron.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for a scene of sensuality and some violence.
System Details Note:	DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound; wide screen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1; enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
Language Note:	In English or French with optional subtitles in English for the hearing impaired, or in Spanish.