Broken English

Resource Information

The work Broken English represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Broken English

Statement of responsibility

HDNet Films and Magnolia Pictures present a Vox3 Films and Phantom Film Co. Ltd. production in association with Backup Films ; produced by Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente ; produced by Andrew Fierberg ; written and directed by Zoe Cassavetes

Creator

• Broken English (Motion picture : 2007)

Contributor

• Backup Films
• HDNet Films
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Magnolia Pictures (Firm)
• Phantom Film Co. Ltd
• Vox3 Films
• trueBogdanovich, Peter, 1939-
• Cassavetes, Zoe, 1970-
• De Matteo, Drea
• Fierberg, Andrew
• Guinee, Tim
• Hamilton, Josh
• Kliot, Jason
• Lafont, Bernadette
• McCaffrey, James, 1960-
• truePosey, Parker, 1968-
• Poupaud, Melvil
• Rowlands, Gena
• Theroux, Justin
• Vicente, Joana

Subject

• Comedy films
• Dating (Social customs)
• Dating (Social customs) -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Feature films
• Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• New York (State) -- New York | Manhattan
• Romantic comedy films
• Single women -- New York (State) | New York -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• Single women -- Social life and customs

Genre

• Comedy films
• trueDrama
• Feature films
• Romantic comedy films

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Nora Wilder is a thirty-something Manhattanite plugging away at her job, but her quest for love consistently results in falling flat on her face. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien, a quirky Frenchman with an unabashed passion for living. Inevitably, Nora discovers she must look inward before finding a new outlook on life and love

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, John Pirozzi ; editor, Andrew Weisblum ; music, Scratch Massive ; costume designer, Stacey Battat ; production designer, Happy Massee

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexual content, brief drug use and language

Language note

English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.C55

LC item number

B76546 2007

PerformerNote

Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo, Justin Theroux, Peter Bogdanovich, Tim Guinee, James McCaffrey, Josh Hamilton, Bernadette Laffont, Gena Rowlands

Runtime

98

Target audience

general

Technique

live action