DVD
American hustle
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Physical Description:
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1DVD(approx. 138 min) - Publisher: Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2014]
- Distributor: Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music, Danny Elefman ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; editor, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, Alan Baumgarten ; production designer, Judy Becker ; director of photography, Linus Sandgren. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C. K., Michael Peą, Alessandro Nivola. |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, some sexual content and brief violence. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital. |
| Language Note: | In English; English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Drama Swindlers and swindling -- Drama Mafia -- New Jersey -- Drama Political corruption -- Drama Video recordings DVDs |
| Genre: | Feature films. Crime films. |
| Topic Heading: | Adult DVD. |
Available copies
- 8 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Creston Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
"Some of this actually happened" reads the intro to David O. Russell's demented, audaciously amoral multiple-Oscar-nominated homage to hustlers, grifters, and con artists. Loosely inspired by the FBI's Abscam sting in the late-â70s, the story revolves around Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and his brazen partner/girlfriend, Sydney (Amy Adams), who are reluctantly coerced into going undercover by ambitious agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). Their assignment is to take down charming-yet-corruptible Camden, NJ, Mayor Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner) by tempting him with a $2 million investment from an Arab sheik/FBI agent (Michael Peña) to revive Atlantic City's resort casinos. What the trio haven't banked on is that Rosenfeld's bitter, dimwitted wife, Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence), could botch the entire entrapment operation, particularly after Polito's Mafia pal, Victor Tellegio (Robert De Niro), grows suspicious. A cleverly comedic, character-driven thriller, American Hustle is an actor's showcase, with Bale, Adams, Cooper, and Lawrence all landing Academy Award nominations. Almost unrecognizable with a pot-belly and toupee, Bale convincingly embodies a sleazy, minor-league manipulator who runs an art-forgery scam on the side. As seductive Sydney, who's as fraudulent as her faux-British identity, Adams epitomizes eccentricity, confidently strutting in a series of cleavage-challenging costumes. Cooper brings an edginess that was so effective in Russell's Silver Linings Playbook, and his costar Lawrence proves that she can also be a terrific screwball comedienne. A zany, relentlessly entertaining crowd-pleaser, this is highly recommended. Editor's Choice. (S. Granger) Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2014.
