DVD
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- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
- OSHTEMO: Audiovisual Collection
The Congress
Call Number
- DVD SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN, OSH)
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Danny Huston, Sami Gayle, Michael Stahl-David, Paul Giamatti.
Publication Information
[Austin, TX] : Drafthouse Films, [2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (117 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation so she can care for her ailing son and her digitized character will stay forever young. Twenty years later, under the creative vision of the studio's head animator, Wright's digital double rises to immortal stardom. With her contract expiring, she is invited to take part in The Congress convention as she makes her comeback straight into the world of future fantasy cinema.
Notes
Based on the book "The futurological Congress" by Stanislaw Lem.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: Commentary track featuring director Ari Folman ; interview with star Robin Wright ; theatrical trailer ; promotional spot.
Subjects
- Actresses > Drama.
- Aging > Social aspects > Drama.
- Digital images > Drama.
- Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
- Motion picture studios > Drama.
- Motion picture producers and directors > Drama.
- Motion pictures > Technological innovations > Drama.
- Computer animation > Drama.
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Drama.
- Lem, Stanisław > Film adaptations.
- Wright, Robin, 1966- > Drama.