Elegy [videorecording] / Lakeshore Entertainment ; produced by Andre Lamal, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg ; screenplay by Nicholas Meyer ; directed by Isabel Coixet.
Other Titles: Dying animal.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]
ISBN: 143593170X
Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Teacher-student relationships Drama.
Men Sexual behavior Drama.
Possessiveness Drama.
Man-woman relationships Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Romance Feature. migfg
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Credits: Director of photography, Jean-Claude Larrieu ; editor, Amy E. Duddleston.
Performers: PeneĢlope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Deborah Harry, Dennis Hopper, Peter Sarsgaard.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, nudity and language.
Notes: Closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Based on the novel "They dying animal" by Philip Roth.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Summary: Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his state of 'emancipated manhood' thrown into tragic disarray. David is a renowned college professor whose life is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with Consuela. Consuela is a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story is born.
