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The big chill /

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After the shocking suicide of their friend, a group of thirty-somethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending a weekend together, reminiscing about their shared pasts as children of the sixties and confronting the uncertainty of their lives as adults of the eighties.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Big chill (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Kasdan, Lawrence, 1949- (Screenwriter), Benedek, Barbara (Screenwriter), Berenger, Tom, 1949- (Actor), Close, Glenn, 1947- (Actor), Goldblum, Jeff, 1952- (Actor), Hurt, William (Actor), Kline, Kevin (Actor), Place, Mary Kay (Actor), Tilly, Meg (Actor), Williams, JoBeth (Actor), Galloway, Don, 1937-2009 (Actor), Littleton, Carol (Film editor), Bailey, John, 1942 August 10- (director of photography.), Foundas, Scott (interviewer (expression))
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [United States] : Columbia Pictures Industries, [2014]
Edition:Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 720.
Subjects:
Suicide > Drama.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Drama.
Friendship > Drama.
Reminiscing > Drama.
Friendship.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Reminiscing.
Suicide.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films > United States.
Drama.
Description
Summary:After the shocking suicide of their friend, a group of thirty-somethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending a weekend together, reminiscing about their shared pasts as children of the sixties and confronting the uncertainty of their lives as adults of the eighties.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.
Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Success in the system (interview with filmmaker Kasdan, he discusses the challenges of creating personal work within the Hollywood studio system and his remarkable career as a collaborative screenwriter and writer-director); "The big chill" : a reunion (1998 documentary by Laurent Bouzereau about the making of the film, including writer-director Kasdan and actors Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams); Thirtieth anniversary Q&A (Q&A with cast and crew, moderated by Variety's chief film critic, Scott Foundas, held at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival); Deleted scenes. Booklet features an essay by writer and filmmaker Lena Dunhan and a 1983 piece by critic Harlan Jacobson.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital, monaural.
Audience:Rating: R.
Production Credits:Editor, Carol Littleton ; production designer, Ida Random ; director of photography, John Bailey.