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Notes on a scandal [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures and DNA Films present in association with the UK Film Council and BBC Films ; screenplay by Patrick Marber ; produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Fox ; directed by Richard Eyre.

Dench, Judi, 1934- (actor.). Blanchett, Cate, 1969- (actor.). Nighy, Bill, 1949- (actor.). Fox, Robert, 1952- (film producer.). Rudin, Scott, 1958- (film producer.). Marber, Patrick, 1964- (screenwriter.). Eyre, Richard, 1943- (film director.). Heller, Zoe. Notes on a scandal. (Added Author). BBC Films. (Added Author). DNA Films. (Added Author). Fox Searchlight Pictures. (Added Author). Ingenious Film Partners 2 (Firm) (Added Author). UK Film Council. (Added Author). Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy. (Cast).

Summary:

Barbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary. Barbara finds herself reaching out to Sheba. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband and their two children. Later, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having a sexual relationship with a 15-year old student, Barbara realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Sheba becomes uneasy with Barbara's friendship. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara's cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. Sheba chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (92 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the book by Zoe Heller.
Special features: Commentary by director, The story of two obesssions featurette, Behind the scenes featurette, conversation with Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy, in character with Cate Blanchett.
Restrictions on Access Note:
For private home use only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Chris Menges ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; productions designer, Tim Hatley.
Participant or Performer Note:
Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for language and some aberrant sexual content.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (5.1 Dolby Surround), French (Dolby Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.

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Genre:
Feature films.
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