| Uniform Title |
Beautiful boy (Motion picture : 2018) |
| Title |
Beautiful boy. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2019 |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (116 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DK3262 |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 2018. |
| Based on the books Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff. |
| Special features: Anatomy of a crisis ; The cinematic journey. |
| Credits |
Directed by Felix Van Groeningen. |
| Performers |
Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan. |
| Summary |
A deeply moving portrait of a family's unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son's addiction and his attempts at recovery. As David's son repeatedly relapses, the family are faced with the harsh reality that addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and can hit any family at any time. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+ |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 (DVS), Region 4, PAL, anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Subjects |
Sheff, David -- Film adaptations |
| Sheff, Nic -- Film adaptations |
| Drug addiction -- Drama |
| Families -- Drama |
| Fathers and sons -- Drama |
| Methamphetamine abuse -- Drama |
| Drug abuse -- Drama |
| Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Drama |
| Genre |
Biographical films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
| Other Names |
Groeningen, Felix van film director. |
| Carell, Steve, 1963- actor. |
| Chalamet, Timothée actor. |
| Tierney, Maura, 1965- actor. |
| Ryan, Amy actor. |
| Sheff, David. Beautiful boy Motion picture adaptation of (work) |
| Sheff, Nic. Tweak Motion picture adaptation of (work) |
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