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Depicts the 'last days' at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. Icy Charlotte and demure Alice toil by day as publishing house assistants and by night the two look for romance and entertainment at a premier disco club. But, as the disco is closed, they wonder if disc...

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Uniform Title:Last days of disco (Motion picture)
Main Author: Suozzo, Mark (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm), Focus Features, Westerly Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Sloss, John, approximately 1956- (Producer), Roque, Cecilia Kate (Producer), Roch, Edmon (Producer), Thomas, John (John A.) (Cinematographer), Stillman, Whit, 1952- (Director, Screenwriter, Producer), Sevigny, Chloë (Actor), Beckinsale, Kate (Actor), Eigeman, Chris, 1965- (Actor), Astin, Mackenzie, 1973- (Actor), Keeslar, Matt (Actor), Ross, Matt (Actor), Steers, Burr, 1966- (Actor), Subkoff, Tara (Actor), Weatherly, Michael, 1968- (Actor), Thornton, David, 1953- (Actor), Barrymore, Jaid (Actor), Ahray, Sonsee (Actor), Ballerini, Edoardo, 1970- (Actor), Beehner, Scott, 1973- (Actor), Chalfant, Kathleen, 1945- (Actor), Havens, John C. (Actor), Jacott, Carlos (Actor), Lyles, Leslie (Actor), McKinney, Mark, 1963- (Actor), Murtaugh, James, 1942- (Actor), Pierce, Linda (Actor), Scruggs, Sharon (Actor), Leonard, Robert Sean, 1969- (Actor), Beals, Jennifer (Actor), Schickler, David (Writer of accompanying material)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Edition:Director-approved special ed., widescreen.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 485.
Subjects:
Discotheques > United States > Drama.
Publishers and publishing > Employees > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > United States > Drama.
Women > Sexual behavior > United States > Drama.
Friendship > United States > Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Depicts the 'last days' at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. Icy Charlotte and demure Alice toil by day as publishing house assistants and by night the two look for romance and entertainment at a premier disco club. But, as the disco is closed, they wonder if disco can ever really be dead?
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Whit Stillm and actors Chloë Sevigny and Chris Eigeman; Four deleted scenes with commentary by Stillman, Eigeman, and Sevigny; "From the novel" audio only, Whit Stillman reads from his book 'The last days of disco' with 'Cocktails at Petrossian afterwards' and an epilogue, 'Life among the moon worshippers'; Behind the scenes featurette; Stills gallery with production notes by Stillman; Original theatrical trailer. Booklet: Essay 'Pop paradise' by novelist David Schickler.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format:DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Production Credits:Choreography, John Carrafa ; music supervisor, Peter Afterman ; composer, Mark Suozzo ; production design, Ginger Tougas ; costumes, Sarah Edwards ; edited by Andrew Hafitz & Jay Pires.
ISBN:9781604651799
1604651792