Soul /

Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe te...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Soul (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Docter, Pete (Screenwriter), Powers, Kemp (Screenwriter), Jones, Mike, 1971- (Screenwriter), Aspbury, Matt (director of photography.), Megibben, Ian (director of photography.), Reznor, Trent (composer (expression)), Ross, Atticus, 1968- (composer (expression)), Batiste, Jon, 1986- (composer (expression),, arranger of music.)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English Spanish
Language Notes:	English or dubbed Spanish dialogue; optonal Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English described video.
Published:	[Burbank, Calif.] : Disney, [2021]
Subjects:	Soul > Juvenile films. Life > Juvenile films. Jazz > Juvenile films. Jazz musicians > Juvenile films. Music teachers > Juvenile films. Near-death experiences > Juvenile films. Future life > Juvenile films. Soul > Drama. Life > Drama. Life. Soul. Animated films. Children's films. Feature films. Juvenile works. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Computer animation films. Fantasy films. Comedy films. Fiction films.

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Summary:	Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover the answers to the most important questions.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. Widescreen (2.39:1). Bonus extra: audio commentary with the filmmakers.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.39:1); 5.1 Dolby digital, DVS 2.0 Dolby (English).
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and some language.
Awards:	Academy Awards, 2021: Winner, Animated Feature Film; Winner, Original Score (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste) Golden Globes, 2021: Best Motion Picture - Animated; Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste)
Production Credits:	Original score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ; jazz compositions and arrangements by Jon Batiste ; directors of photography, Matt Aspbury, Ian Megibben ; film editor, Keving Nolting.