The painted veil

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965 Painted veil. (Added Author). Desplat, Alexandre. (Added Author). Feng, Li. (Added Author). Lee, Johnny. (Added Author). Laurence, Lorraine. (Added Author). Steed, Maggie. (Added Author). Wong, Anthony. (Added Author). Howland, Juliet. (Added Author). Rigg, Diana. (Added Author). Jones, Toby. (Added Author). Schreiber, Liev. (Added Author). Watts, Naomi, 1968- (Added Author). Curran, John. (Added Author). Nyswaner, Ron. (Added Author). Norton, Edward. (Added Author). Han, Sanping. (Added Author). Gill, Mark. (Added Author). Fonlupt, Jean Francois. (Added Author). Colleton, Sara. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Warner China Film HG Corporation. (Added Author). Mark Gordon Company. (Added Author). Emotion Pictures Firm. (Added Author). Colleton Company. (Added Author). Class 5 Films Firm. (Added Author). Bob Yari Productions. (Added Author). Stratus Film Co. (Added Author). WIP Firm. (Added Author). Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliet Howland, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Li Feng (Cast).

Summary: Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth

Record details

ISBN: 9781419818196 :
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2006 Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham Title from container
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; art director, Peta Lawson ; editor, Alexandre de Franceschi ; music, Alexandre Desplat ; costume designer, Ruth Myers ; visual effects supervisor, Paul Butterworth
Participant or Performer Note:	Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliet Howland, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Li Feng
Target Audience Note:	Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, dual-layer
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only
Language Note:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired In English with subtitles in English, French or Spanish
Awards Note:	Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat)