Secrets & lies
(DVD Video)
Contributors
Leigh, Mike, 1943- director,
Channing-Williams, Simon, producer.
Blethyn, Brenda, 1946- actor.
Jean-Baptiste, Marianne, actor.
Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor.
Channing-Williams, Simon, producer.
Blethyn, Brenda, 1946- actor.
Jean-Baptiste, Marianne, actor.
Spall, Timothy, 1957- actor.
Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004].
Format
DVD Video
Language
English
UPC
024543130338
Notes
General Note
Widescreen format.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996.
General Note
Special features: theatrical trailers.
General Note
"This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen."
Creation/Production Credits
Photographed by Dick Pope ; edited by Jon Gregory ; music by Andrew Dickson.
Participants/Performers
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Claire Rushbrook, Ron Cook, Lesley Manville, Elizabeth Berrington, Michele Austin, Lee Ross, Emma Amos, Hannah Davis.
Description
Hortense, an adopted Black woman in London, seeks out her natural birth mother only to discover the woman is white. Equally shocked to learn the daughter she gave up for adoption is Black, Cynthia insists it's a mistake. But she soon realizes it's true. When Cynthia brings her newfound daughter home to meet her family-from-hell, all the secrets and lies, the deceptions and animosities come pouring out.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital surround; region 1; dual layer; anamorphic 1.85:1.
Language
Soundtrack in English; optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, 1996: Palm d'Or.
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Clark Memorial Library - DVD - DVD Collection | SECRETS | Find It Now |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adoptees -- Drama.
Birthmothers -- Drama.
Deception -- Drama.
Drama.
Dysfunctional families -- England -- London -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Racially mixed people -- England -- London -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Birthmothers -- Drama.
Deception -- Drama.
Drama.
Dysfunctional families -- England -- London -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Racially mixed people -- England -- London -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Leigh, M., Channing-Williams, S., Blethyn, B., Jean-Baptiste, M., Spall, T., Logan, P., Manville, L., Berrington, E., Austin, M., Ross, L., Amos, E., Davis, H., Pope, D., Gregory, J. (. e., & Dickson, A. (2004). Secrets & lies . Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mike Leigh et al.. 2004. Secrets & Lies. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mike Leigh et al.. Secrets & Lies Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Leigh, Mike, et al. Secrets & Lies Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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