Glassland [videorecording]

Responsibility: Film Movement and Element Pictures in association with Nine Entertainment and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board present ; executive producers, Andrew Lowe, Gerard Barrett ; produced by Ed Guiney, Juliette Bonass ; written and directed by Gerard Barrett.
Language: English. In English ; English subtitles for the deaf and hard hearing (SDH); closed-captioned.
Imprint: [New York] : Film Movement ; Prince Frederick, MD : Distributed by RB Media, c2016.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Film Movement series.

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Creators/Contributors

Contributor: Barrett, Gerard, 1987- film director, screenwriter.; Lowe, Andrew, film producer.; Guiney, Ed film producer.; Bonass, Juliette, film producer.; Reynor, Jack, 1992- actor.; Poulter, Will actor.; Smiley, Michael, 1963- actor.; Collette, Toni actor.; Film Movement (Firm); Element Pictures Distribution (Firm); Nine Entertainment.; Bord Scannán na hÉireann.

Contents/Summary

Summary: John lives with his mother, Jean, in a social housing suburb and ekes out a meager existence as a taxi driver. After finding his mother unconscious from yet another night of binge drinking, John learns that without treatment, she will not have much longer to live. Desperate to save their broken family, he offers his services to a petty criminal in order to pay for Jean's costly rehab treatment, but this decision runs the risk of changing their lives forever.

Subjects

Subjects: Mothers and sons > Drama.; Taxicab drivers > Drama.; Human trafficking > Drama.; Alcoholism > Drama.; Dublin (Ireland) > Drama.; Alcoholism.; Human trafficking.; Mothers and sons.; Taxicab drivers.; Ireland > Dublin.
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Feature films.; Fiction films; Drama

Bibliographic information

Publication date: 2016
Series: Film Movement series
Note: Title from container.; Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.; Enhanced for widescreen TV (16x9).; Bonus features: interview with director Gerard Barrett and stars Jack Reynor and Will Poulter.; Bonus short film: Aïssa (8 min.) / dir. Clément Tréhin-Lalanne.
Production credits: Director of photography, Piers McGrail ; film editor, Nathan Nugent.
Participant: Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Michael Smiley, and Toni Collette.
Audience: Not rated by the MPAA.
Format: DVD, widescreen; Dolby surround 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0; all regions.
Included Work: Aïssa.
ISBN: 9781501915666; 1501915665
Publisher number: DW0333 RB Media

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