The shipping news  
Miramax Films presents an Irwin Winkler production, a Lasse Hallstrom film ; producers Irwin Winkler, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Leslie Holleran ; screenplay writer, Robert Nelson Jacobs ; director, Lasse Hallstrom. 
 - Widescreen version (2:35.1). 
 - Burbank, Calif. :  Miramax Home Entertainment :  Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,  [2002], 2001. 
 - 1 videodisc (111 min.) :  sound, color ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.  Based on the novel by E. Annie Proulx.  Special features: "Dive beneath the surface" featurette; feature commentary with director, screenwriter & producers; stills gallery; behind-the-scenes; portrait gallery; scenery gallery. 
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<br/><br/> An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the local newspaper finds an audience, and his experiences in the town begin to change his life. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: R; for some language, sexuality and disturbing images. 
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<br/><br/><br/>English or French dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>078883455X 9780788834554 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>786936165470 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>24027  Miramax Home Entertainment 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003636897 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Proulx, Annie--Film adaptations.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families--Newfoundland and Labrador--Drama.<br/>Reporters and reporting<br/>Families.<br/>Closed caption video recordings.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1997.2  / .S55 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Shi   35