Hester Street [videorecording] / Midwest Films presents ; directed by Joan Micklin Silver ; produced by Raphael D. Silver ; screenplay by Joan Micklin Silver.
2004
PN1997 .H47 2004
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Title
Hester Street [videorecording] / Midwest Films presents ; directed by Joan Micklin Silver ; produced by Raphael D. Silver ; screenplay by Joan Micklin Silver.
Edition
[Special ed.]
ISBN
0780029399
9780780029392
9780780029392
Imprint
[Chatsworth, Calif.] : Home Vision Entertainment, c2004.
Language
English
Language Note
In English and Yiddish with English subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers
037429200629
Call Number
PN1997 .H47 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
HES 020 Home Vision Entertainment
Summary
A young Jewish woman comes to America in the 1890s and discovers that her husband has given up the ways of the old country, gotten a new girlfriend, and started a new life.
Note
Based on Yekl by Abraham Cahan.
Originally released as a motin picture in 1975.
"New digital transfer enhanced for 16:9 televisions."--Container.
Special features: audio commentary by Joan Micklin Silver and Raphael Silver; interviews with Joan Micklin Silver and Raphael Silver, Carol Kane and Doris Roberts; excerpt from Heritage, civilization and the Jews; liner notes by Victoria Brownworth and Judith Redding.
Originally released as a motin picture in 1975.
"New digital transfer enhanced for 16:9 televisions."--Container.
Special features: audio commentary by Joan Micklin Silver and Raphael Silver; interviews with Joan Micklin Silver and Raphael Silver, Carol Kane and Doris Roberts; excerpt from Heritage, civilization and the Jews; liner notes by Victoria Brownworth and Judith Redding.
Access Note
Authorized for private home use only.
Credits
Director of photography, Kenneth Van Sickle ; editor, Katherine Wenning ; music, William Bolcom.
Performer
Mel Howard, Carol Kane, Dorrie Kavanaugh, Stephen Keats, Doris Roberts.
Cast
Mel Howard, Carol Kane, Dorrie Kavanaugh, Stephen Keats, Doris Roberts.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Added Author
Silver, Joan Micklin.
Silver, Raphael D.
Howard, Mel.
Kane, Carol, 1952-
Kavanaugh, Dorrie, d. 1983.
Keats, Steven.
Roberts, Doris, 1925-
Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951. Yekl.
Silver, Raphael D.
Howard, Mel.
Kane, Carol, 1952-
Kavanaugh, Dorrie, d. 1983.
Keats, Steven.
Roberts, Doris, 1925-
Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951. Yekl.
Added Corporate Author
Midwest Film Production, Inc.
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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