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Smooth talk

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Statement Of Responsibility A:
Goldcrest presents ; a Nepenthe-American Playhouse Theatrical production ; screenplay by Tom Cole ; produced by Martin Rosen ; directed by Joyce Chopra.
Imprint Main A:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
Edition A:
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Resource Type A:
Video
Physical Media A:
DVD

Where to find it

Lilly Library — A-V DVD

Call Number
DVD 33931
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Status
Available

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Summary

"Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on Joyce Carol Oates' celebrated short story 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?," the narrative debut from Joyce Chopra features a revelatory breakout performance by Laura Dern as Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, whose summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations is shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger (a memorably menacing Treat Williams). Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Smooth Talk captures the thrill and terror of adolescent sexual exploration, and it transforms the conventions of a coming-of-age story into something altogether more troubling and profound"--Container.

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Series:
Criterion collection ; 1068
Published:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
©2021
Language:
English
Credits:
Director of photography, James Glennon ; editor, Patrick Dodd ; original music, Bill Payne, Russell Kunkel, George Massenburg ; musical director, James Taylor.
Performers/Participants:
Cast: Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis, Levon Helm, Elizabeth Berridge.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby monaural.
Notes:
Widescreen.
Title from screen credits.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
Based on Where are you going, where have you been? by Joyce Carol Oates.
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Joyce Chopra, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Conversation among Chopra, author Joyce Carol Oates, and actor Laura Dern from the 2020 New York Film Festival, moderated by Turner Classic Movies host Alicia Malone; New interview with Chopra; New conversations between Chopra and actors Treat Williams and Mary Kay Place, moderated by Malone; New interview with production designer David Wasco; KPFK Pacifica Radio interview with Chopra from 1985; Joyce at 34 (1972), Girls at 12 (1975), Clarae and Albie (1975), three short films by Chopra; Audio reading of the 1966 Life magazine article 'The Pied Piper of Tucson," which inspired the short story by Oates; Trailers; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; An essay by poet and memoirist Honor Moore, a 1986 New York Times article about the adaptation, and Oates' 1966 short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Description:
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + booklet (43 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Description Details:
Color characteristics: polychrome
Recording type: digital
Recording medium: optical
Channels: mono
Broadcast standard: NTSC
File type: video file
File format: DVD video
ISBN:
9781681438085
1681438089
OCLC Number:
1228133178
Other Identifiers:
Video Publisher Number: CC3227DDVD (The Criterion Collection)
Video Publisher Number: CC3227D-1 (The Criterion Collection; disc one)
Video Publisher Number: CC3227D-2 (The Criterion Collection; disc two)
UPC:
UPC: 715515255813
System ID:
009948502

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