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Waiting for "Superman"
Title
Waiting for "Superman" [videorecording] / Paramount Vantage and Participant Media present ; in association with Walden Media ; an Electric Kinney production ; written by Davis Guggenheim & Billy Kimball ; produced by Lesley Chilcott ; directed by Davis Guggenheim.
ISBN
1415757224
9781415757222
Published
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2011.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott -- Changing the odds (ca. 6 min. ; a look at innovative programs that are changing public education) -- Updates (text feature listing changes which have taken place since the making of the film) -- A conversation with Davis Guggenheim -- The future is in our classrooms -- The making of "Shine" (the film's title track by musician John Legend) -- deleted scenes.
Canadian Home Video rating: G.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Cinematography by Erich Roland, Bob Richman ; edited by Greg Finton, Jay Cassidy, Kim Roberts ; music by Christophe Beck.
English or Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned.
Winner, Best Documentary, National Board of Review ; Winner, 2010 Audience Award, U.S. Documentary, Sundance Film Festival.
Summary
Provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. This documentary has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Spanish
Added to Catalog
February 28, 2011
Credits
Cinematography by Erich Roland, Bob Richman ; edited by Greg Finton, Jay Cassidy, Kim Roberts ; music by Christophe Beck.
Performers
Bill Strickland, Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Randi Weingarten.
System details note
DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG; some thematic material, mild language, and incidental smoking.
Videorecording number
35650 Paramount Home Entertainment
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Paramount Vantage.
Participant Media.
Walden Media.
Electric Kinney (Firm)
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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