The bookshop
by Coixet, Isabel [director.]; De Vilallonga, Alfonso [music.]; Mortimer, Emily [actor.]; Nighy, Bill [actor.]; Clarkson, Patricia [actor.]; Fitzgerald, Penelope [book author.].
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Visual materialPublisher: Universal Pictures, 2018Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : col.Cast: Cast: Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson, Hunter Tremayne, Honor Kneafsey, James Lance, Frances Barber, Reg Wilson, Nigel O'Neill, Jorge Suquet.Summary: Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy star in Isabel Coixet's big screen adaptation of the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald. In 1959, widow Florence Green (Mortimer) uproots her simple life in favour of a new challenge in the English seaside town of Hardborough. Buying an old house in the middle of the town, she converts the ground floor into a bookshop in the hope of bringing people together through the joy of literature. Her good intentions and ambition come under fire however, when she stocks the scandalous novel 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov and the influencial Violet Gamart (Patricia Clarkson) vows to do all in her power to get the bookshop closed down.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD_PGRED | Bootle Library | DVD | 5094 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002962027X | |||
| DVD_PGRED | Stock Services Unit | DVD | 5186 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002962025X | |||
| DVD_PGRED | Stock Services Unit | DVD | M3681 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002962026X | |||
| DVD_PGRED | Southport Library | DVD | 7259 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002962023X |
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), 'Making of' documentary, Interviews (Interviews with Cast and Crew)
Made in 2017.
Based on the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald.
Credits: director, Isabel Coixet; writer, Isabel Coixet; music, Alfonso de Vilallonga; cinematographer, Jean-Claude Larrieu.
DVDN.
Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy star in Isabel Coixet's big screen adaptation of the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald. In 1959, widow Florence Green (Mortimer) uproots her simple life in favour of a new challenge in the English seaside town of Hardborough. Buying an old house in the middle of the town, she converts the ground floor into a bookshop in the hope of bringing people together through the joy of literature. Her good intentions and ambition come under fire however, when she stocks the scandalous novel 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov and the influencial Violet Gamart (Patricia Clarkson) vows to do all in her power to get the bookshop closed down.
BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson, Hunter Tremayne, Honor Kneafsey, James Lance, Frances Barber, Reg Wilson, Nigel O'Neill, Jorge Suquet.
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