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An angel at my table [DVD videorecording] : a trilogy / produced by Hibiscus Films in association with the New Zealand Film Commission, Television New Zealand, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Channel 4 ; Fine Line Features ; screenplay, Laura Jones ; produced by Bridget Ikin ; directed by Jane Campion.

Contributor(s): Campion, Jane, 1954- | Fox, Kerry | Frame, Janet. Angel at my table | Frame, Janet. Envoy from mirror city | Frame, Janet. To the Is-Land | Jones, Laura, 1951- | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Channel Four Films (Firm) | Fine Line Features | Hibiscus Films | Home Vision Entertainment (Firm) | New Zealand Film Commission | Television New Zealand .

Material type: Film

FilmSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs): 301.Publisher: [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2005]Edition: Special ed.Description: 1 videodisc (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Frame, Janet -- Drama

| Authors, New Zealand -- 20th century -- Biography -- Drama

| DVD-Video discs

| Women authors -- Drama

Genre/Form: Biographical films. | Feature films.DDC classification: DVD ANGEL

Contents:

Part 1. To the Is-Land -- An Angel at my table -- The Envoy from mirror city.

Production Credits: Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, Veronika Haussler ; music, Don McGlashan.

Cast: Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, Kevin J. Wilson.Summary: The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.

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Holdings ( 2 )
Title notes ( 10 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
DVD	Fairview Public Library	Fairview Public Library	DVD	General	DVD ANGEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		30100014000832
DVD	Williamson County Public Library	Williamson County Public Library	DVD	1st Floor	DVD ANGEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		30100011586940

Total holds: 0

Based on the autobiographies of Janet Frame.

Originally broadcast on television in 1990.

Special features: new high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary featuring Campion and Dryburgh; a documentary about the making; theatrical trailer; audio interview with Janet Frame, from 1983; photo gallery; a new essay by film critic Amy Taubin and reprinted excerpts from Frame's autobiography, which formed the basis of the film.

Part 1. To the Is-Land -- An Angel at my table -- The Envoy from mirror city.

Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, Veronika Haussler ; music, Don McGlashan.

Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, Kevin J. Wilson.

The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.

Adult 18

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.

Adult 18