A serious man /

One ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik can't believe his life, His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother won't move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenti...

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Corporate Authors: Focus Features, Studio Canal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures (Firm)
Other Authors: Coen, Ethan, Coen, Joel, Stuhlbarg, Michael, Kind, Richard, Melamed, Fred, Lennick, Sari, Arkin, Adam, Landecker, Amy, Mandell, Alan, Finkel, Fyvush, 1923-, Rickman, Allen Lewis, Shmulenson, Yelena, Helberg, Simon, Borowitz, Katherine, Park, Stephen
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2010]
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Summary:One ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik can't believe his life, His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother won't move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior, and mortality.
Item Description:Special features: "Becoming serious": explore the creative vision behind the film; "Creating 1967": take a tour of the Minneapolis neighborhoods and set pieces used in the film; "Hebrew and Yiddish for goys": unravel the mysteries of the Hebrew and Yiddish languages.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1).
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Richard Deakins ; editor, Roderick Jaynes ; music, Carter Burwell.