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Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank having sex with another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Far from Heaven (Motion picture)
Main Author: Bernstein, Elmer (Composer)
Other Authors: Moore, Julianne (Actor), Quaid, Dennis (Actor), Haysbert, Dennis (Actor), Clarkson, Patricia (Actor), Davis, Viola, 1965- (Actor), Rebhorn, James, 1948-2014 (Actor), Lachman, Edward, 1948- (Cinematographer), Lyons, James, 1960-2007 (Film editor), Powell, Sandy (Costume designer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue, optional English closed captions.
Published: [Universal City, CA] : Universal Studios, [2002]
Subjects:
Suburban life > Drama.
Housewives > Drama.
United States > Social life and customs > 1945-1970 > Drama.
Housewives.
Manners and customs.
Suburban life.
United States.
1945-1970
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Films de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
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Summary:Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank having sex with another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond--a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (107 min.) : digital, sound, color.
Also available as a DVD videodisc.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Edward Lachman ; editor, James Lyons ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; costume designer, Sandy Powell ; production designer, Mark Friedberg.