Life is sweet

Author

Mike Leigh

Call Number

• DVD COMEDY (CEN, WSQ)

Edition

Director-approved DVD special ed.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, David Thewlis, Moya Brady, Stephen Rea.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([18] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for language and a scene of sensuality.

Summary

An intimate portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London--an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a troubled, ill-tempered layabout.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.

Special features: audio commentary featuring director Mike Leigh ; audio recording of a 1991 interview with Leigh at the National Film Theatre in London ; five short films written and directed by Leigh for the proposed television series Five-minute films, with an audio introduction by Leigh.