Road to Perdition [videorecording] Dreamworks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox present a Zanuck Company production ; producers, Richard D. Zanuck, Dean Zanuck, Sam Mendes ; screenplay writer, David Self ; director, Sam Mendes.
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FilmPublisher: [United States] : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 0783285205Subject(s): Fathers and sons -- c Drama | Assassins -- Drama | Children of murder victims -- Drama | Films for the hearing impairedGenre/Form: Feature films. | Gangster films.DDC classification: 791.43/72 Also issued on VHS.Production credits: Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editor, Jill Bilcock ; music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Dennis Gassner.Cast: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig, Tyler Hoechlin.Summary: Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| DVD Video | A J M Library 868-5076 | DVD ROAD (Browse shelf) | Available | 25607 |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002.
Based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins.
Special features: deleted scenes; HBO's "making of" documentary; audio commentary with Sam Mendes; production notes; photo gallery.
Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editor, Jill Bilcock ; music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Dennis Gassner.
Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig, Tyler Hoechlin.
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
MPAA rating: R; for violence and language.
Also issued on VHS.
DVD, DTS, 5.1 surround sound, Dolby, Region 1 encoding.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
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