Housekeeping
(DVD)

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Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2011].
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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2011].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
043396387676

Notes

General Note
Based on the novel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Michael Coulter ; editor, Michael Ellis ; music, Michael Gibbs.
Participants/Performers
Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese.
Description
"Writer/director Bill Forsyth (Comfort and Joy, Being Human) brings to life this tale, set in the 1950s and based on a novel by Marilynne Robinson, which is neither a sentimental nor simple exploration of familial and emotional bonds. Ruth (Sara Walker) and Lucille (Andrea Burchill) are two young sisters who are abandoned by their mother and raised by a succession of aged relatives, until their unconventional aunt Sylvie (Christine Lahti, Running on Empty) arrives like a breath of fresh air. Sylvie has been living on the road for many years, and her life is detached from the norms of the community; she returns home to bittersweet memories and the town's harsh scrutiny. The girls are thrilled to have a charming young role model and Sylvie's new responsibilities offer her a chance for real love, sharing a home, and a sense of family -- all things she has not felt for a long time. Eventually, as Ruth and Lucille's perceptions of Sylvie change, the two girls develop vastly different ways of relating to this eccentric, original woman"--Container.
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DVD-R.
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DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Forsyth, B., Colesberry, R. F., Lahti, C., Walker, S. (., Burchill, A., Pitoniak, A., Gibbs, M., & Robinson, M. (2011). Housekeeping . Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bill Forsyth et al.. 2011. Housekeeping. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bill Forsyth et al.. Housekeeping Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Forsyth, Bill, et al. Housekeeping Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2011.

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