The reader
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Popular Media - 3rd FloorPN1997.2 .R43 2009On Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Drama films.
Erotic films.
Feature films (R-U)
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Law students -- Germany -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Germany -- Drama.
May-December romances -- Drama.
Oral reading -- Drama.
Paramours -- Germany -- Drama.
Schlink, Bernhard -- Film adaptations.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War crime trials -- Germany -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Atrocities
Drama
Erotic films
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Films for the hearing impaired
Germany -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtCD3rcKcPDx6FHmjvrbd
Historical films
Law students
Man-woman relationships
May-December romances
Oral reading
Paramours
Schlink, Bernhard -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdM89mGT4xJRdrVKCyKh3
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
War crime trials
Other Subjects
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Feature films -- United States.
Feature films.
Films de fiction.
Films historiques.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Films érotiques.
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Fiction.
Lectura oral -- Germany -- Teatro.
Relaciones hombre-mujer -- Germany -- Teatro.
Thrillers (Films)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
796019819572, 796019819589, 065935825661

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.
General Note
Based on the book "Der Vorleser" by Bernhard Schlink.
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography, Chris Menges, Roger Deakins ; production designer, Brigitte Broch ; editor, Claire Simpson ; music, Nico Muhly ; English novel translation by Carol Brown Janeway.
Participants/Performers
Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Karoline Herfurth, Linda Bassett, Hannah Herzsprung, Susanne Lothar, Volker Bruch, Matthias Habich.
Description
"What have we learned (and what might we have forgotten) from history's bloody backwash? Guilt, love, and history are three skeins, woven together to create human beings or, alternately, human monsters. The question of wartime culpability undergirds the May-December romance in postwar Berlin between Hanna, a weary-looking, sexually rapacious streetcar ticket-taker and Michael, a young schoolboy whom she seduces, ravenously and to his great delight. One day, Hanna is gone, with no explanation, and Michael grows into a promising young law student. His class attends a trial, where the new Germany judges the past and, by default, the lovers as well."--Container
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Rated R for some scenes of sexuality and nudity.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen presentation, preserving the aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, 1.85:1, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
Language
In English or dubbed French; optional subtitles in Spanish; optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards
Academy Awards 2009: Winner, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet.
Local note
SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Daldry, S., Hare, D., Minghella, A., Pollack, S., Gigliotti, D., Morris, R., Muhly, N., Winslet, K., Fiennes, R., Kross, D., Olin, L., Ganz, B., & Schlink, B. (2009). The reader (Widescreen version.). Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Genius Products.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stephen. Daldry et al.. 2009. The Reader. [New York, N.Y.] : Santa Monica, Calif.: Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Genius Products.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stephen. Daldry et al.. The Reader [New York, N.Y.] : Santa Monica, Calif.: Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Genius Products, 2009.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Daldry, S., Hare, D., Minghella, A., Pollack, S., Gigliotti, D., Morris, R. and Muhly, N. et al (2009). The reader. Widescreen version. [New York, N.Y.] : Santa Monica, Calif.: Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Genius Products.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Daldry, Stephen., et al. The Reader Widescreen version., Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Genius Products, 2009.

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