Venus  
Miramax Films, FilmFour and UK Film Council present ; a Free Range Film ; produced by Kevin Loader ; written by Hanif Kureishi ; directed by Roger Michell. 
, Great Britain 
 - London  Free Range Films  2006 
 - 1 videodisc (95 min.) :  sound, color ;  4 3/4 in. 
 -  videodisc  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Title from disc surface.  Originally produced as an English motion picture in 2006.  Bonus features: Venus: a Real Work of Art [featurette] (14 min.); Deleted scenes (4 min.); Audio commentary [view the feature with commentary by director Roger Michell and producer Kevin Loader]; Sneak peeks (8 min.). 
<br/><br/>Opening credits/Aging -- Jessie -- Overindulgence -- "A corpse more or less" -- Modeling job -- Will to live -- Theoretical interest -- Pleasure -- Goodbyes -- Easily tempted -- Little walk -- Venus -- Much better idea -- Carry on -- End credits. 
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<br/><br/> Maurice, a still-working actor whiles away his dwindling days playing bit parts (corpses, mostly) or at the local pub with a pair of equally frail footlights friends, drama queen Ian and taciturn Donald. Ian announces that his niece has sent her wayward daughter to stay with him. Jessie is a borderline hooligan, surly, self-centered, willful, and a prodigious drinker. Maurice looks at Jessie with unapologetic longing, appreciating things she can't see in herself, but also the idea of youth--specifically, womanly youth. Jessie appraises Maurice to see what she can get out of him, and they play at Henry Higgins tutoring Eliza Doolittle together. Both are prickly, independent egoists, and wherever they're going, neither is going quietly. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: Rated R; for language, some sexual content and brief nudity. 
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<br/><br/><br/>In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0788870823 9780788870828 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>786936712438 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>52082  Miramax Home Entertainment 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Man-woman relationships--England--Drama.<br/>Older men--England--Drama.<br/>Young women--England--Drama.<br/>Male actors--England--Drama.<br/>Nieces--England--Drama.<br/>DVD-Video discs.<br/>Video recordings.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>England--Drama.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1997.2  / V43 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Ven   35