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Nightcrawler
Title
Nightcrawler / Open Road Films and Bold Films present ; produced by Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, Michel Litvak, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster ; written and directed by Dan Gilroy.
Publication
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2015]
Copyright Notice Date
© 2015
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
"Blu-ray combo pack"--Container.
Special features: "If it bleeds, it leads: making Nightcrawler", featurette; feature commentary with writer/director Dan Gilroy, producer Tony Gilroy, and editor John Gilroy.
Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, John Gilroy ; music, James Newton Howard.
In English with optional Spanish or French subtitles; English SDH (subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing).
Academy Award Nominee, 2015: Best Original Screenplay ; Golden Globe Nominee, 2015: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (Jake Gyllenhaal).
Summary
A pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents.
Variant and related titles
Night crawler
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 04, 2018
Credits
Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, John Gilroy ; music, James Newton Howard.
Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton.
System details note
Blu-ray; 1080p high definition widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; DTS-HD master audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for violence including graphic images and for language.
Videorecording number
55165979 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (container)
2038495 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (container)
2038494 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (outer sleeve)
541569 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Blu-ray disc)
2039818 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Blu-ray disc)
541566 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (DVD)
2039819 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (DVD)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Open Road Films, production company.
Bold Films, production company.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
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