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With the help of one of her father's former students, Catherine, a devoted daughter, must come to terms with the death of her father, a brilliant mathematician whose genius was crippled by mental instability. After his death, a notebook containing a mathematical proof is found and Catherine cla...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Proof (Motion picture)
Main Author: Warbeck, Stephen (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm), Endgame Entertainment (Firm), Hart-Sharp Entertainment (Firm), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Madden, John, 1949- (Director), Sharp, Jeffrey (Producer), Auburn, David, 1969- (Screenwriter), Miller, Rebecca, 1962- (Screenwriter), Paltrow, Gwyneth, 1972- (Actor), Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- (Actor), Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980- (Actor), Davis, Hope, 1967- (Actor), McCarthy, Danny (Actor), Küchler, Alwin (Cinematographer), Audsley, Mick (Film editor), Taylor, Jill, 1951- (Costume designer), Normington, Alice (Artistic director)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In English or French; with optional subtitles in Spanish; with optional subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).
Published: [Burbank, Calif.?] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; [2006]
Subjects:
Fathers and daughters > Drama.
Fathers > Death > Drama.
Mental illness > Drama.
Mathematicians > Drama.
Grief > Drama.
Proof theory > Drama.
Melodrama.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Description
Summary:With the help of one of her father's former students, Catherine, a devoted daughter, must come to terms with the death of her father, a brilliant mathematician whose genius was crippled by mental instability. After his death, a notebook containing a mathematical proof is found and Catherine claims the proof is her own work.
Item Description:Based on the award-winning play by David Auburn.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features include deleted scenes, from stage to screen, "The making of Proof", director commentary.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG13; for some sexual content, language, and drug references.
Awards:Ghent International Film Festival, 2005: Georges Delerue Prize (Stephen Warbeck). San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, 2005: Special Award (Jake Gyllenhaal).
Production Credits:Director of photography, Alwin H. Kuchler ; editor, Mick Audsley ; music, Stephen Warbeck ; costume designer, Jill Taylor ; production designer, Alice Normington.
ISBN:0788867644
9780788867644