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Title Out of Africa / a Mirage Enterprises production ; a Sydney Pollack film ; screenplay by Kurt Luedtke ; produced and directed by Sydney Pollack.

Publication Info. Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2000]

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 Moore Video  PN1997 .O9763 2000    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Collector's ed., widescreen [ed.]
Description 1 DVD (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
mixed
Dolby
video file
DVD video
System Details DVD; Dolby digital 4.1 surround or 2.0 stereo; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1).
Cast Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Credits Music, John Barry ; editors, Fredric Steinkamp ... [et al.] ; director of photography, David Watkin ; co-producer, Terence Clegg.
Note Based on the books: Out of Africa / by Karen Blixen; Shadows on the grass ; Letters from Africa / by Isak Dinesen. Isak Dinesen, the life of a storyteller / by Judith Thurman. Silence will speak / by Errol Trzebinski.
Based on the life of writer Isak Dinesen.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Audience MPAA rating: PG.
Summary The true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who runs a coffee plantation in Kenya (British East Africa)in 1914. An epic romance of love and loss.
Note Special features: Song of Africa : an original documentary; feature commentary with director Sydney Pollack; production notes; cast & filmmakers; theatrical trailer; recommendations; Universal WEB links.
Awards Academy Award, 1986: Best picture; Best director; Best cinematography; Best art direction, set decoration; Best sound; Best music, original score; Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium
Golden Globes, 1985: Best motion picture-drama; Best original score-motion picture; Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture.
Language In English with optional soundtrack in French.
Closed-captioned in English.
Subject Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962 -- Drama.
Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Authors, Danish -- 20th century -- Drama.
Authors, Danish.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Kenya -- Social life and customs -- 1895-1963 -- Drama.
Kenya.
Manners and customs.
Chronological Term 1895-1963
Subject Country life -- Kenya -- Drama.
Country life.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Kenya -- Drama.
Great Britain.
Colonies.
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962 -- Film adaptations.
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Biographical films.
Biographical films.
Romance films.
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Pollack, Sydney, 1934-2008, director, producer.
Luedtke, Kurt, screenwriter.
Redford, Robert, actor.
Streep, Meryl, actor.
Brandauer, Klaus Maria, actor.
Barry, John, 1933-2011, composer.
Steinkamp, Fredric, film editor.
Watkin, David, 1925-2008, cinematographer.
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Shadows on the grass.
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Breve fra Afrika.
Thurman, Judith, 1946- Isak Dinesen, the life of a storyteller.
Trzebinski, Errol, 1936- Silence will speak.
Mirage Enterprises (Firm)
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Universal City Studios.
Added Title Out of Africa (Motion picture). https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85360977 English & French.
Song of Africa.
ISBN 0783240171
9780783240176
Standard No. 025192025020
Music No. 20250 Universal