Publication
Imprint: New York, NY : HBO Home Video, 2001. Context: Originally released as a made-for-cable motion picture in 2001. Based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson. Responsibility: HBO Films presents an Avenue Pictures production ; a film by Mike Nichols ; directed by Mike Nichols ; screenplay by Emma Thompson & Mike Nichols ; produced by Simon Bosanquet.. Credits: Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; editor, John Bloom ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Stuart Wurtzel. Performer(s): Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward, Harold Pinter. OCLC Number: 47745305. Language: In English. Physical: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Features: Special features: Special features include: cast and director biographies ; chapter selection. DVD; Region 1; 16x9 Letterbox; Dolby surround.
Call number
DVD / Front Desk
ISBN
0783118414 / 9780783118413
UPC
026359178122
Original publication date
2001
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Margaret Edison, WIT features the Academy award-winning actress Emma Thompson in a movie directed but Academy award-winning Dir. Mike Nichols period
Vivian Bearing is an English professor with a biting wit that educates but also alienates her students. With her teaching and life both rigidly under control, Vivian would never let down her defenses, until the day comes when they are taken down for her. Diagnosed with a devastating illness, Vivian agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. For eight months her life must take and uncharted course. No longer a teacher, the subject for others to study, Vivian is about to discover a fine line between life and death that can only be walked with wit. -- from box
FY2012 / jvsn
Vivian Bearing is an English professor with a biting wit that educates but also alienates her students. With her teaching and life both rigidly under control, Vivian would never let down her defenses, until the day comes when they are taken down for her. Diagnosed with a devastating illness, Vivian agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. For eight months her life must take and uncharted course. No longer a teacher, the subject for others to study, Vivian is about to discover a fine line between life and death that can only be walked with wit. -- from box
FY2012 / jvsn
Physical description
4.75 inches
Awards
Emmy Award (Winner — 2001)
Description
An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is, until she is diagnosed with a devastating illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
Original language
English
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Should be mandatory viewing for all medical students