Metropolitan [videorecording] / Westerly Films ; written, produced and directed by Whit Stillman.

Other Titles: Metropolitan (Motion picture : 1990).

Edition: Widescreen format.

Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2006, c1990.

ISBN: 1559409681

Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (1 v. : 18 cm.).

Series: Criterion collection ; 130

Subject: Upper class New York (State) New York Drama.
Man-woman relationships Drama.
Social conflict New York (State) New York Drama.
Interpersonal relations Drama.
Friendship Drama.
Comedy films. lcsh
Feature films. lcsh
DVD-Video discs. lcsh

Credits: Cinematography by, John Thomas ; editor, Christopher Tellefson ; music, Mark Suozzo.

Performers: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Taylor Nichols, Christopher Eigeman, Allison Rutledge-Parisi.

Notes: Soundtrack in English ; subtitles in English.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990.
Special features: audio commentary by Stillman, editor Christopher Tellefsen, and actors Christopher Eigeman and Taylor Nichols; rare outtakes and alternate casting, with commentary by Stillman.
Essay "After the ball" by Luc Sante appears in pamphlet.

Summary: When a group of young sophisticated high society friends in New York take in a new member with more humble origins, they begin to learn what life is like outside their sheltered world.