Notes on a scandal
Notes on a scandal [videorecording] /
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, �2007.
- 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on the book by Zoe Heller.
Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Richard Eyre -- Notes on a Scandal: The story of two obesssions [featurette] (ca. 12 min.) -- Notes on a scandal behind the scenes [featurette] (ca. 5 min.) -- A conversation with Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy [featurette] -- "In character with Cate Blanchett" [featurette] (ca. 2 min.) -- Webisodes (ca. 14 min.).
For private home use only.
Director of photography, Chris Menges ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; productions designer, Tim Hatley. Director of photography, Chris Menges ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; productions designer, Tim Hatley.
Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson.
Barbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary. Barbara finds herself reaching out to Sheba. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband and their two children. Later, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having a sexual relationship with a 15-year old student, Barbara realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Sheba becomes uneasy with Barbara's friendship. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara's cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. Sheba chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.
MPAA rating: R; for language and some aberrant sexual content.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation.
In English (5.1 Dolby Surround), dubbed French (Dolby Surround) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby Surround) ; optional subtitles in English or Spanish ; closed captioned in English.
024543438915 50 024543438953 024543776949
243891 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com
Heller, Zo�e--Film adaptations.
Women teachers--Drama.
Teacher-student relationships--Drama.
Women teachers--Sexual behavior--Drama.
Child sexual abuse by teachers--Drama.
Lesbians--Drama.
Man-woman relationship--Drama.
High school teachers--Drama.
Scandals--Drama.
Loneliness in old age--Drama.
Teacher-student relationship--Drama.
Diaries--Drama.
Man-woman relationship--Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
PN1995.9.S87 / N6847 2007
791.4372
Based on the book by Zoe Heller.
Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Richard Eyre -- Notes on a Scandal: The story of two obesssions [featurette] (ca. 12 min.) -- Notes on a scandal behind the scenes [featurette] (ca. 5 min.) -- A conversation with Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy [featurette] -- "In character with Cate Blanchett" [featurette] (ca. 2 min.) -- Webisodes (ca. 14 min.).
For private home use only.
Director of photography, Chris Menges ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; productions designer, Tim Hatley. Director of photography, Chris Menges ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; productions designer, Tim Hatley.
Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson.
Barbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary. Barbara finds herself reaching out to Sheba. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband and their two children. Later, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having a sexual relationship with a 15-year old student, Barbara realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Sheba becomes uneasy with Barbara's friendship. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara's cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. Sheba chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.
MPAA rating: R; for language and some aberrant sexual content.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation.
In English (5.1 Dolby Surround), dubbed French (Dolby Surround) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby Surround) ; optional subtitles in English or Spanish ; closed captioned in English.
024543438915 50 024543438953 024543776949
243891 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com
Heller, Zo�e--Film adaptations.
Women teachers--Drama.
Teacher-student relationships--Drama.
Women teachers--Sexual behavior--Drama.
Child sexual abuse by teachers--Drama.
Lesbians--Drama.
Man-woman relationship--Drama.
High school teachers--Drama.
Scandals--Drama.
Loneliness in old age--Drama.
Teacher-student relationship--Drama.
Diaries--Drama.
Man-woman relationship--Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
PN1995.9.S87 / N6847 2007
791.4372