Uniform Title |
As good as it gets (Motion picture : 1997) |
Title |
As good as it gets |
Published |
Australia : Columbia TriStar Home Video Australia, ©2012 |
©1999. |
Description |
1 DVD-video (133 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Columbia TriStar Home Video : D26461. |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. |
'Deluxe widescreen presentation' --Container. |
'A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat' --Container. |
Contains extra features. |
Credits |
Screenplay by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks ; produced and directed by James L. Brooks. |
Performers |
Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight. |
Summary |
Melvin Udall is an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his gay neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness-- along with waitress Carol Connelly-- helps put Melvin back in the human race. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M |
System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Widescreen or 'letterbox' format. |
Language note |
In English or French. Subtitle in English, French, Dutch or Arabic. |
Awards note |
Academy Award for Best Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Best Actress (Helen Hunt), 1988. |
Subjects |
Mentally ill -- Drama |
Authors -- Drama |
Dogs -- Drama |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Drama |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
Genre |
Romantic comedy films |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Other Names |
Andrus, Mark screenwriter. |
Brooks, James L. screenwriter, producer, director. |
Nicholson, Jack actor. |
Hunt, Helen, 1963- actor. |
Kinnear, Greg, 1963- actor. |
Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 1968- actor. |
Ulrich, Skeet actor. |
Knight, Shirley, 1936-2020 actor. |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Andrus, Mark .
- Brooks, James L. .
- Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 1968- .
- Hunt, Helen, 1963- .
- Kinnear, Greg, 1963- .
- Knight, Shirley, 1936-2020 .
- Nicholson, Jack .
- Ulrich, Skeet .
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