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Call Number: DVD00279

by Robert Fox; Scott Rudin; Richard Eyre; Charles Wood; Judi Dench; Jim Broadbent; Kate Winslet; Hugh Bonneville; Penelope Wilton; Roger Pratt; Martin Walsh; James Horner; Ruth Myers; Gemma Jackson; John Bayley; Miramax Films.; BBC Films.; Intermedia Films.; Mirage Enterprises.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002].

Notes: Originally released in 2001 (91 mins.); Based on the books Iris : a memoir and elegy for Iris and Iris and her friends : a memoir of memory and desire by John Bayley; edition contains A Look at Iris featurette, a message from David Hyde Pierce and the Alzheimer’s Association Honors Iris and Jim Broadbent; Nominated for three 2002 Academy Awards;

Summary: Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris–ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal–to the elder Iris–slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer’s.

OCLC #: 50437495