Notes on a scandal

Notes on a scandal

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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...

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Main Author: Glass, Philip (Composer)
Corporate Author: Scott Rudin Productions (producion company.)
Other Authors: Eyre, Richard, 1943- (Director), Fox, Robert, 1952- (Producer), Rudin, Scott, 1958- (Producer), Marber, Patrick, 1964- (Screenwriter), Dench, Judi, 1934- (Actor), Blanchett, Cate, 1969- (Actor), Nighy, Bill, 1949- (Actor), Simpson, Andrew, 1989- (Actor), Menges, Chris, 1940- (Cinematographer), Bloom, John, 1935- (Film editor), Van Drimmelen, Antonia (Film editor), Hatley, Tim (costume designer e production desginer.), Heller, Zoë
Format: DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]
Subjects:
Heller, Zoë > Film adaptations.
Women teachers > Drama.
Teacher-student relationships > Drama.
Women teachers > Sexual behavior > Drama.
Child sexual abuse by teachers > Drama.
Lesbians > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
High school teachers > Drama.
Scandals > Drama.
Loneliness in old age > Drama.
Diaries > Drama.
Diaries > Fiction.
Old age > Fiction.
Child sexual abuse by teachers.
High school teachers.
Lesbians
Loneliness in old age.
Scandals.
Teacher-student relationships.
Women teachers.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films > United Kingdom.
Foreign films
Thrillers (Films)
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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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.
Item Description:Originally release as a motion picture in 2007.
Based on the book by Zoe Heller.
Widescreen 1.85:1.
Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Richard Eyre ; Notes on a Scandal: The story of two obesssions [featurette] (ca. 12 min.) ; Notes on a scandal behind the scenes [featurette] (ca. 5 min.) ; A conversation with Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy [featurette] ; "In character with Cate Blanchett" [featurette] (ca. 2 min.) ; Webisodes (ca. 14 min.).
Physical Description:1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC, region 1; dual layer ; widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital surround and Dolby surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for language and some aberrant sexual content ; CHV rating: 14A.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Chris Menges ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; productions designer, Tim Hatley.
Access:For private home use only.

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