Title:
Brooklyn
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Title from disc surface.
Based on the novel by Colm Toibin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Special features: audio commentary by director; 6 promotional featurettes; gallery.
Summary:
Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the years following World War Two. Though skilled at bookkeeping, she cannot find a job in the miserable Irish economy. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America -- to live and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood "just like Ireland" -- she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, a blond Italian from a big family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. He takes Eilis to Coney Island and Ebbets Field, and home to dinner in the two-room apartment he shares with his brothers and parents. He talks of having children who are Dodgers fans. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love with Tony, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future, and she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
System Details:
DVD; NTSC; REGION 1; DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1; DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0; DUAL LAYER.
Language Note:
IN ENGLISH OR DUBBED SPANISH WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH OR SPANISH SUBTITLES; ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING (SDH); CLOSED-CAPTIONED; ENGLISH DESCRIPTIVE AUDIO TRACK FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES.
