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Blithe spirit / directed by Edward Hall. [videorecording (DVD)]

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 13933246Language: English Original language: English Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory, 2021Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .B55 2021
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Ed Wild ; editor, Paul Tothill ; music, Simon Boswell.
Cast: Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench.Summary: Best selling crime novelist Charles suffers from terrible writer's block and is struggling to finish his first screenplay. His picture-perfect new wife Ruth is doing her best to keep him focused so they can fulfill her dream of leaving London for Hollywood. Charles' quest for inspiration leads him to invite the eccentric mystic Madame Acarti to perform a se�ance in his home. He gets more than he bargained for when Madame Acarti inadvertently summons the spirit of his first wife: the brilliant and fiery Elvira. Ready to pick up her life right where she left off, Elvira is shocked to discover the prim and proper Ruth is now married to her husband and running her household. Charles finds himself stuck between his two wives and their increasingly over-the-top attempts to outdo one another.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA BLITHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001208157

Based on the play by Noel Coward.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2020.

Special features: behind-the-scenes featurettes, including interviews with actors Judi Dench and Dan Stevens; trailer.

Director of photography, Ed Wild ; editor, Paul Tothill ; music, Simon Boswell.

Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench.

Best selling crime novelist Charles suffers from terrible writer's block and is struggling to finish his first screenplay. His picture-perfect new wife Ruth is doing her best to keep him focused so they can fulfill her dream of leaving London for Hollywood. Charles' quest for inspiration leads him to invite the eccentric mystic Madame Acarti to perform a se�ance in his home. He gets more than he bargained for when Madame Acarti inadvertently summons the spirit of his first wife: the brilliant and fiery Elvira. Ready to pick up her life right where she left off, Elvira is shocked to discover the prim and proper Ruth is now married to her husband and running her household. Charles finds himself stuck between his two wives and their increasingly over-the-top attempts to outdo one another.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for suggestive references and some drug material.

DVD, region 1, NTSC; wide screen (2.39:1); Dolby digital 5.1 and stereo; described video.

English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video.

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