A single man /

After the death of his longtime partner, a British college professor in Los Angeles struggles to find meaning in his life. As he dwells in the past, he begins to contemplate suicide. A series of events and encounters will lead him to question if there really is a meaning to his life after all.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Single man (Motion picture : 2009)
Other Authors:	Ford, Tom, 1961- (Screenwriter), Scearce, David (Screenwriter), Firth, Colin, 1960- (Actor), Moore, Julianne (Actor), Goode, Matthew, 1978- (Actor), Hoult, Nicholas, 1989- (Actor), Kortajarena, Jon, 1985- (Actor), Lamori, Paulette (Actor), Simkins, Ryan, 1998- (Actor), Goodwin, Ginnifer (Actor), Sears, Teddy, 1977- (Actor), Butler, Paul Christopher (Actor), Sanders, Aaron (Actor), Weber, Aline (Actor), Grau, Eduard, 1981- (director of photography.), Umebayashi, Shigeru, 1951- (composer (expression)), Korzeniowski, Abel, 1972- (composer (expression)), Phillips, Arianne (Costume designer), Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	[New York, NY] : The Weinstein Company, [2009]
Subjects:	Gay men > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Gay men > Drama. College teachers > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Grief > Drama. Loneliness > Drama. College teachers Gay men Grief Loneliness California > Los Angeles Webcast Film adaptations Internet videos Drama Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Internet videos. Adaptations cinématographiques. Films de fiction. Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

Description
Summary:	After the death of his longtime partner, a British college professor in Los Angeles struggles to find meaning in his life. As he dwells in the past, he begins to contemplate suicide. A series of events and encounters will lead him to question if there really is a meaning to his life after all.
Item Description:	Based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 100 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing images and nudity/sexual content.
Awards:	BAFTA Awards, Best Leading Actor (Colin Firth), 2010 BAFTA Awards, Best Costume Design, 2010 Venice Film Festival, Queer Lion (Tom Ford), 2009 Venice Film Festival, Volpi Cup - Best Actor (Colin Firth), 2009
Production Credits:	Costume design, Arianne Phillips ; music by Abel Korzeniowski ; additional music by Shigeru Umebayashi ; editor, Joan Sobel ; production design, Dan Bishop ; director of photography, Eduard Grau ; art director, Ian Phillips ; set decorator, Amy Wells.