Ruby Sparks
Record details
- ISBN: 9786314856175
- ISBN: 6314856175
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Physical Description:
videorecording
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. - Edition: Widescreen.
- Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Features: The story, Real life couples, Be careful what you wish for, theatrical trailer, sneak peek. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Camera, Matthew Libatique ; editor, Pamela Martin ; production designer, Judy Becker ; music, Nick Urata. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R. |
System Details Note: | DVD, Dolby digital 5.1. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
Language Note: | In English, French, or Spanish with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Novelists -- Drama Fictitious characters -- Drama Man-woman relationships -- Drama Video recordings DVDs Closed-captioned films |
Genre: | Romantic comedy films. Romance films. Fantasy films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Comedy films. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | DVD FIC RUB (Text)
Acquisition Type: Donated |
35140001139768 | Fiction Videos | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
In classical mythology, the sculptor Pygmalion fell in love with a beautiful statue he created that later came to life by the grace of the godsâa theme that inspired George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, as well as the classic film My Fair Lady. Actress/writer Zoe Kazan (granddaughter of director Elia Kazan) indulges in that same vein of magical realism with this quirky, witty, romantic fableâdelightfully directed by husband-and-wife team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farisâabout a contemporary Los Angeles novelist, played by Kazan's real-life boyfriend Paul Dano. Having achieved early acclaim, neurotic literary prodigy Calvin Weir-Fields (Dano) is recovering from the rupture of a long-term relationship and suffering from acute writer's block. After he envisions saucy, red-headed Ruby Sparks (Kazan) while walking in the park with his dog Scotty (named after F. Scott Fitzgerald), Calvin follows a suggestion from his psychiatrist (Elliott Gould) and develops a full-fledged story about this idealized young woman. In the midst of Calvin's creative frenzy, however, his concerned older brother Harry (Chris Messina) discovers female lingerie scattered about Calvin's stark, minimalist Hollywood Hills bachelor pad. A bewildered Calvin claims ignoranceâbut one morning he finds effervescent yet ethereal Ruby cooking breakfast in his kitchen. Confused and convinced that he's hallucinating, Calvin is stunned when the pair go out and others can see Ruby too. After a visit with his free-spirited, widowed mother (Annette Bening) and her lover (Antonio Banderas) in Big Surâwhere Ruby begins to assert her independenceâCalvin realizes that he can change and control Ruby by simply rewriting her. But does he want to? Recommended. (S. Granger)Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2011.