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The Resource Stranger than fiction, Columbia Pictures and Mandate Pictures present a Three Strange Angels production ; produced by Lindsay Doran ; written by Zach Helm ; directed by Marc Forster, (videorecording)

Stranger than fiction, Columbia Pictures and Mandate Pictures present a Three Strange Angels production ; produced by Lindsay Doran ; written by Zach Helm ; directed by Marc Forster, (videorecording)

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Summary
Harold Crick - IRS auditor, milquetoast, and poster child for obsessive-compulsive disorder - wakes one morning to hear a woman's voice in his bathroom, narrating his life as he is living it, subsequently announcing his imminent death. This is a big problem, since Harold has a burning crush on Ana, his latest audit case. Searching for the source of the voice, he turns to literary theory-spewing professor Jules Hilburt, who eventually discovers that talented but troubled novelist Karen Eiffel is writing Harold--he is the central character of her new novel, "Death and Taxes." The question is: will Harold's story end as a comedy, or a tragedy?
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (113 minutes)
Note
  • Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2006
  • Special features: Actors In Search of a Story [featurette] (19 min.); Building the Team [featurette] (9 min.); On Location in Chicago [featurette] (11 min.); Words on a Page [featurette] (10 min.); Picture a Number: The Evolution of a G.U.I. [featurette] (17 min.); On the Set [featurette] (3 min.); Book Channel interview with Karen Eiffel [extended scene] (7 min.); Book Channel interview with Peter Allen Prothero [deleted scene] (5 min.); Previews (5 min.)
Contents
  • Before Wednesday
  • Extraordinary day
  • Baker
  • Talking leaps
  • Trees are trees
  • Alarming news
  • Little did he know
  • Transit encounter
  • Ruling out the possibilities
  • Comedy or tragedy
  • Harold the tax guy
  • Milk and cookies
  • Harold's day off
  • Plot thickens
  • Musical conviction
  • Breaking the protocol
  • Making music
  • Significant moments
  • Writer's resolution
  • Critical call
  • Avoiding chance
  • Poetic masterpiece
  • Entertaining ideas
  • Sharing secrets
  • Unthinkable error
  • Life choices
  • Making sense
  • Finding cookies
Isbn
9781424820764
Instance
Label
Stranger than fiction
Title
Stranger than fiction
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures and Mandate Pictures present a Three Strange Angels production ; produced by Lindsay Doran ; written by Zach Helm ; directed by Marc Forster
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Contributor
Actor
Director
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Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Harold Crick - IRS auditor, milquetoast, and poster child for obsessive-compulsive disorder - wakes one morning to hear a woman's voice in his bathroom, narrating his life as he is living it, subsequently announcing his imminent death. This is a big problem, since Harold has a burning crush on Ana, his latest audit case. Searching for the source of the voice, he turns to literary theory-spewing professor Jules Hilburt, who eventually discovers that talented but troubled novelist Karen Eiffel is writing Harold--he is the central character of her new novel, "Death and Taxes." The question is: will Harold's story end as a comedy, or a tragedy?
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TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Stranger than fiction (Motion picture)
Credits note
Director of photography, Roberto Schaefer ; edited by Matt Chesse ; music by Britt Daniel, Brian Reitzell ; visual effects designer, Kevin Tod Haug ; main title sequence and Harold's mathematical graphics designed and animated by MK12
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rating PG-13; for some disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and nudity
Language note
English or French dialogue, English or French subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1995.9.C55
LC item number
S7736447 2007
PerformerNote
Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1969-
  • 1967-
  • 1977-
  • 1937-
  • 1970-
  • 1953-
  • 1945-
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  • Doran, Lindsay
  • Helm, Zach
  • Forster, Marc
  • Ferrell, Will
  • Gyllenhaal, Maggie
  • Hoffman, Dustin
  • Queen Latifah
  • Thompson, Emma
  • Hale, Tony
  • Hulce, Tom
  • Hunt, Linda
  • Columbia Pictures
  • Mandate Pictures (Firm)
  • Three Strange Angels (Firm)
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
113
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  • United States
  • Auditory hallucinations
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Women novelists
  • Writer's block
  • Death
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Stranger than fiction, Columbia Pictures and Mandate Pictures present a Three Strange Angels production ; produced by Lindsay Doran ; written by Zach Helm ; directed by Marc Forster, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2006
  • Special features: Actors In Search of a Story [featurette] (19 min.); Building the Team [featurette] (9 min.); On Location in Chicago [featurette] (11 min.); Words on a Page [featurette] (10 min.); Picture a Number: The Evolution of a G.U.I. [featurette] (17 min.); On the Set [featurette] (3 min.); Book Channel interview with Karen Eiffel [extended scene] (7 min.); Book Channel interview with Peter Allen Prothero [deleted scene] (5 min.); Previews (5 min.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Before Wednesday -- Extraordinary day -- Baker -- Talking leaps -- Trees are trees -- Alarming news -- Little did he know -- Transit encounter -- Ruling out the possibilities -- Comedy or tragedy -- Harold the tax guy -- Milk and cookies -- Harold's day off -- Plot thickens -- Musical conviction -- Breaking the protocol -- Making music -- Significant moments -- Writer's resolution -- Critical call -- Avoiding chance -- Poetic masterpiece -- Entertaining ideas -- Sharing secrets -- Unthinkable error -- Life choices -- Making sense -- Finding cookies
Dimensions
4 3/4 inches
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 inches
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (113 minutes)
Isbn
9781424820764
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
043396154070
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
15407
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)ocm76945901
System details
DVD; region 1, widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Stranger than fiction, Columbia Pictures and Mandate Pictures present a Three Strange Angels production ; produced by Lindsay Doran ; written by Zach Helm ; directed by Marc Forster, (videorecording)
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2006
  • Special features: Actors In Search of a Story [featurette] (19 min.); Building the Team [featurette] (9 min.); On Location in Chicago [featurette] (11 min.); Words on a Page [featurette] (10 min.); Picture a Number: The Evolution of a G.U.I. [featurette] (17 min.); On the Set [featurette] (3 min.); Book Channel interview with Karen Eiffel [extended scene] (7 min.); Book Channel interview with Peter Allen Prothero [deleted scene] (5 min.); Previews (5 min.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Before Wednesday -- Extraordinary day -- Baker -- Talking leaps -- Trees are trees -- Alarming news -- Little did he know -- Transit encounter -- Ruling out the possibilities -- Comedy or tragedy -- Harold the tax guy -- Milk and cookies -- Harold's day off -- Plot thickens -- Musical conviction -- Breaking the protocol -- Making music -- Significant moments -- Writer's resolution -- Critical call -- Avoiding chance -- Poetic masterpiece -- Entertaining ideas -- Sharing secrets -- Unthinkable error -- Life choices -- Making sense -- Finding cookies
Dimensions
4 3/4 inches
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 inches
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (113 minutes)
Isbn
9781424820764
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
043396154070
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
15407
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)ocm76945901
System details
DVD; region 1, widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround
Video recording format
DVD

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