New York, NY : HBO Home Video, 2001.
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Notes:
- DVD.
- English and Spanish language soundtracks (stereo) with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish closed-captioned.
- Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward, Harold Pinter.
- Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey editor, John Bloom costume designer, Ann Roth production designer, Stuart Wurtzel.
- Based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson.
- Special features include: cast and director biographies chapter selection.
- An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devasting illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
- MPAA rating: PG-13.
Subjects:
- Cancer in women — Treatment — Drama.
- Women college teachers — Drama.
- English teachers — Drama.
- Edson, Margaret, 1961- — Film and video adaptations.
- Feature films.
Requested by Freborg, K and Wittenbreer, B.