Albert Nobbs

Resource Information

The work Albert Nobbs represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wadleigh Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Albert Nobbs

Statement of responsibility

LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions present a Trillium Productions/Mockingbird Pictures/Parallel Films production in association with Chrysalis Films/Allen & Associates/Westend Films with the participation of Canal+ and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board ; screenplay by Gabriella Prekop, John Banville and Glenn Close ; produced by Glenn Close, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Alan Moloney ; directed by Rodrigo Garcia

Contributor

• Prekop, Gabriella
• Allen & Associates
• Bord Scannán na hÉireann
• Chrysalis Films
• LD Entertainment
• Lion's Gate Films (Los Angeles, Calif.)
• Mockingbird Pictures
• Parallel Film Productions
• Roadside Attractions (Firm)
• Studio Canal+
• Trillium Productions (Firm)
• WestEnd Films
• Banville, John
• Close, Glenn, 1947-
• Collins, Pauline, 1940-
• Fricker, Brenda
• García, Rodrigo, 1959-
• McTeer, Janet
• Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977-
• Taylor-Johnson, Aaron, 1990-
• Wasikowska, Mia, 1989-

Actor

• Fricker, Brenda
• Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977-
• McTeer, Janet
• Taylor-Johnson, Aaron, 1990-
• Close, Glenn, 1947-
• Collins, Pauline, 1940-
• Wasikowska, Mia, 1989-

Director

• García, Rodrigo, 1959-

Screenwriter

• Prekop, Gabriella
• Banville, John
• Close, Glenn, 1947-

Subject

• Sex role -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Waiters -- Ireland | Dublin -- Drama
• Dublin (Ireland) -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Gender identity -- Drama
• Identidad -- Teatro
• Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
• Irlanda -- Condiciones sociales -- Historia Siglo XIX -- Teatro
• Irlanda -- Teatro
• Sex discrimination against women -- History -- Drama
• Camareros -- Teatro
• DVD-Video discs

Genre

• Teatro
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films
• DVD-Video discs
• Fiction films

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making

Cataloging source

LPU

Characteristic

videorecording

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; some sexuality, brief nudity and language

Language note

English dialogue; with optional English and Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.A42 2012

PerformerNote

Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Brenda Fricker, Pauline Collins

Runtime

88

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action