Armistead Maupin's Tales of the city
(DVD Video)
Contributors
Published
Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2002].
Edition
Complete 6-episode unedited edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet ([8] pages) : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Status
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Published
Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2002].
Format
DVD Video
Edition
Complete 6-episode unedited edition.
Language
English
UPC
054961542499
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel by Armistead Maupin.
General Note
Bonus features: Audio commentary on episodes 1, 3, and 6 with Armistead Maupin, director Alastair Reid, Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney and Barbara Garrick; behind-the-scenes; Armistead Maupin biography (text feature); cast biographies (text feature).
General Note
Edition from container.
General Note
Originally broadcast in the U.S. as a television mini-series on PBS in 1994 on American playhouse; produced in 1993.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Walt Lloyd ; editor, David Gamble ; original music, John E. Keane.
Participants/Performers
Olympia Dukakis (Anna Madrigal), Donald Moffat (Edgar Halcyon), Laura Linney (Mary Ann Singleton), Marcus D'Amico (Michael Tolliver), William Campbell (John Fielden), Thomas Gibson (Beauchamp Day), Paul Gross (Brian Hawkins), Barbara Garrick (DeDe Halcyon Day), Chloe Webb (Mona Ramsey), Nina Foch, Cynda Williams, Paul Dooley, Karen Black, Rod Steiger.
Description
In this chronicle of San Francisco in the 1970s, the carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane where landlady Anna Madrigal welcomes tenants by taping homegrown joints to their doors and presides over their lives with an almost maternal affection.
Target Audience
"Recommended for mature audiences; not rated"--Container.
System Details
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, original television presentation aspect ratio, 1.33:1.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Awards
Outstanding Mini-Series, GLAAD Media Awards, 1995; Peabody Award, 1995.
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jerome Public Library - DVD - DVD Collection | TALES | Find It Now |
Subjects
LC Subjects
City and town life -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Drama.
Gay men -- United States -- Drama.
Madrigal, Anna -- (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Maupin, Armistead -- Television adaptations.
Nonfiction television programs.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Drama.
Single women -- Drama.
Singleton, Mary Ann -- (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Television programs.
Tolliver, Michael -- (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Gay men -- United States -- Drama.
Madrigal, Anna -- (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Maupin, Armistead -- Television adaptations.
Nonfiction television programs.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Drama.
Single women -- Drama.
Singleton, Mary Ann -- (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Television programs.
Tolliver, Michael -- (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Black, K., Campbell, W., D'Amico, M., Dooley, P., Dukakis, O., Foch, N., Garrick, B., Gibson, T., Gross, P., Keane, J., Kramer, R., Law, L., Linney, L., Lloyd, W., Maupin, A., Moffat, D., Poul, A., Reid, A., Steiger, R., Webb, C., & Williams, C. (2002). Armistead Maupin's Tales of the city (Complete 6-episode unedited edition.). Acorn Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Karen Black et al.. 2002. Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. Acorn Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Karen Black et al.. Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City Acorn Media, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Black, Karen, et al. Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City Complete 6-episode unedited edition., Acorn Media, 2002.
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