House of sand and fog /

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Imprint:	Universal City, Calif. : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, c2004, c2003.
Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English French
Subject:	Dubus, Andre, -- 1959- -- Film and video adaptations. Dubus, Andre, -- 1959- Dwellings -- Drama. Retired military personnel -- Iran -- Drama. Iranian Americans -- Drama. Home ownership -- Drama. Immigrants -- Drama. Dwellings. Home ownership. Immigrants. Iranian Americans. Retired military personnel. Iran. Feature films. Feature films -- United States. Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.) Thrillers (Motion pictures) Film adaptations. Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5938699

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Other uniform titles:	London, Michael. Perelman, Vadim. Otto, Shawn Lawrence Connelly, Jennifer. Kingsley, Ben, 1943- Eldard, Ron, 1964- Fisher, Frances, 1952- Dickens, Kim, 1965- Aghdashloo, Shohreh, 1952- Ahdout, Jonathan. Rawat, Navi. Gomez, Carlos, 1962- Churgin, Lisa Zeno, 1955- Horner, James. Dubus, Andre, 1959- House of sand and fog.
Other authors / contributors:	DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006) Cobalt Media Group. DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN:	0783288093
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Based on the novel by Andre Dubus III. Special features: deleted scenes with commentary ; commentary by director Vadim Perelman, actor Ben Kingsley, novelist Andre Dubus III ; behind-the-scenes featurette ; photo gallery ; outtakes ; cast audition tapes ; and more. Directors of photography, Roger Deakins, David Stockton ; art director, Drew Boughton ; editor, Lisa Zeno Churgin ; original music, James Horner ; costume designer, Hala Bahmet ; production designer, Maia Javan ; special effects director, Richard O. Helmer. Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jonathan Ahdout, Navi Rawat, Carlos Gómez. DVD; NTSC (Region 1); Widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital. English and French audio tracks with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned.
Summary:	Colonel Behrani is a once-wealthy Iranian immigrant who struggles for dignity while working low-wage jobs in America. Kathy Nicolo is a troubled young house cleaner striving to put her life in order. When Kathy's house is mistakenly put up for public auction--and Behrani risks the last of his family fortune to buy it--the two become enmeshed in a desperate conflict.
Target Audience:	MPAA rating: R; for some violence/disturbing images, language and a scene of sexuality.
Standard no.:	678149097726
Publisher's no.:	90977 DreamWorks Home Entertainment

Description
Summary:	Russian filmmaker Vadim Perelman makes his feature-film debut with the psychological drama House of Sand and Fog, based on the novel by Andre Dubus III. Ben Kingsley plays Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant living the United States. Even though he was a high-ranking official in Iran, he works several menial jobs in order to provide his wife, Nadi (Shohreh Aghdashloo), and his son, Esmail (Jonathan Ahdout), with an apartment in California. He buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send Esmail to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy (Jennifer Connelly). After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer (Frances Fisher) and befriends a police officer (Ron Eldard). Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi A destitute former member of the inner circle of the Shah of Iran looks to America to begin a new life. He seizes on the auction of a house illegally seized by the government as the means to reacquire his wealth.<br>His plan backfires when the previous owner vows to get the house back at any cost."
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Based on the novel by Andre Dubus III. Special features: deleted scenes with commentary ; commentary by director Vadim Perelman, actor Ben Kingsley, novelist Andre Dubus III ; behind-the-scenes featurette ; photo gallery ; outtakes ; cast audition tapes ; and more.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC (Region 1); Widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Audience:	MPAA rating: R; for some violence/disturbing images, language and a scene of sexuality.
Production Credits:	Directors of photography, Roger Deakins, David Stockton ; art director, Drew Boughton ; editor, Lisa Zeno Churgin ; original music, James Horner ; costume designer, Hala Bahmet ; production designer, Maia Javan ; special effects director, Richard O. Helmer.
ISBN:	0783288093