Title:
Mildred Pierce
Uniform Title:
Mildred Pierce (Television program)
ISBN:
9780780682085
Publication Information:
[United States] : Home Box Office ; Burbank, CA : distributed by Warner Home Video, c2012.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (344 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the novel by James M. Cain.
Originally broadcast on HBO as a 5 part mini-series in 2011.
Special features include: audio commentary (pt. 3 and 5 only; with Todd Haynes, Jon Raymond and Mark Friedberg); Making of featurette ; Inside the episodes featurette.
Summary:
An intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years and struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda, as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life, including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon and ex-husband Bert Pierce.
System Details:
DVD; 5.1 DOLBY DIGITAL OR 2.0 DOLBY DIGITAL; 16.9; REGION 1.
Language Note:
ENGLISH (5.1), FRENCH (5.1) & SPANISH (2.0) SOUNDTRACKS WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH, FRENCH & SPANISH SUBTITLES; CLOSED CAPTIONED IN ENGLISH.
