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A Guy lives in Dublin. He is a guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day. By night, he sings and plays for money on the Dublin streets. A Girl from Czechoslovakia loves to play the piano when she gets a chance. During the day...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. In English (Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.) or Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.) with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. |
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Culver City, Calif. :
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
2007.
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| Summary: | A Guy lives in Dublin. He is a guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day. By night, he sings and plays for money on the Dublin streets. A Girl from Czechoslovakia loves to play the piano when she gets a chance. During the day she does odd jobs. At night she takes care of her mom and her daughter. Guy meets Girl, and they get to know each other. Girl helps Guy put together a demo disc so he can take it to London in hope of landing a music contract. At the same time, the Guy and the Girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs. |
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| Item Description: | Special features: Commentary with director John Carney and actors/musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová; musical commentary with director John Carney and actor/musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová; "Making of a modern day musical" featurette; "More guy, more girl" featurette; free music download "Falling slowly" from the motion picture; "Broken hearted Hoover fixer sucker guy" animated sequence webisode; forced trailers. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for language. |
| Awards: | Sundance Film Festival, 2007: Audience Award - World Cinema - Dramatic (John Carney) |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Tim Fleming ; editor, Paul Mullen ; production designer, Tamara Conboy. |