The squid and the whale [videorecording] / Samuel Goldwyn Films, Sony Pictures Releasing International and Destination Films present an Original Media and Ambush Entertainment presentation, an American Empirical/Peter Newman-InterAL production, a film by Noah Baumbach ; producers, Charlie Corwin, Clara Markovicz ; produced by Wes Anderson, Peter Newman ; written and directed by Noah Baumbach.
Edition: Special ed.
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2006]
ISBN: 1404919082
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Children of divorced parents New York (State) New York Drama.
Mothers and sons New York (State) New York Drama.
Fathers and sons New York (State) New York Drama.
Children of divorced parents Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Comedy Feature. migfg
Family Feature. migfg
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Director of photography, Robert Yeoman ; editor, Tim Streeto ; music, Dean Wareham, Britta Phillips ; costume designer, Amy Westcott ; production designer, Anne Ross.
Performers: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin, Halley Feiffer, Anna Paquin.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R; for strong sexual content, graphic dialogue and language.
Notes: Closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Summary: Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s. The patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but ultimately decided to settled into a teaching job. When his wife discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family. The two teenage sons are forced to forge new relationships with their parents. Their mom begins dating her younger son's tennis coach. Meanwhile, dad has an affair with the student his older son is pursuing.
