The Resource The gin game, PBS Hollywood presents a KCET/Hollywood production in association with RKO Pictures/Ellen M. Krass Productions ; producer, Monica Levinson ; teleplay writer, D.L. Coburn ; director, Arvin Brown

The gin game, PBS Hollywood presents a KCET/Hollywood production in association with RKO Pictures/Ellen M. Krass Productions ; producer, Monica Levinson ; teleplay writer, D.L. Coburn ; director, Arvin Brown

Label
The gin game
Title
The gin game
Statement of responsibility
PBS Hollywood presents a KCET/Hollywood production in association with RKO Pictures/Ellen M. Krass Productions ; producer, Monica Levinson ; teleplay writer, D.L. Coburn ; director, Arvin Brown
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A bittersweet comedy that follows the relationship that develops between nursing home residents Fonsia Dorsey and Weller Martin during a series of gin games. As the games progress, their ailments, misfortunes, and losses are exposed in funny, honest, and increasingly heated moments, and what begins as a tentative friendship quickly turns into a battle of wills
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, John W. Simmons ; editor, Tara Timpone ; music, Mike Post ; production designer, John Iacovelli
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
PerformerNote
Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1936-2017
  • 1962-
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  • Levinson, Monica
  • Coburn, D. L
  • Brown, Arvin
  • Moore, Mary Tyler
  • Van Dyke, Dick
  • Simmons, John W
  • Timpone, Tara
  • Post, Mike
  • Iacovelli, John
  • PBS Hollywood (Firm)
  • KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Hollywood Productions (Firm)
  • RKO Pictures
  • Ellen M. Krass Productions
  • Image Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
87
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  • Nursing home patients
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Card games
  • Older people
  • Friendship
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The gin game, PBS Hollywood presents a KCET/Hollywood production in association with RKO Pictures/Ellen M. Krass Productions ; producer, Monica Levinson ; teleplay writer, D.L. Coburn ; director, Arvin Brown
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally broadcast on PBS May 4, 2003
  • Based on the play by D.L. Coburn
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
494465
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
014381015829
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
ID0158KEDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o52515261
  • (Sirsi) ADP-4650
System details
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The gin game, PBS Hollywood presents a KCET/Hollywood production in association with RKO Pictures/Ellen M. Krass Productions ; producer, Monica Levinson ; teleplay writer, D.L. Coburn ; director, Arvin Brown
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally broadcast on PBS May 4, 2003
  • Based on the play by D.L. Coburn
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
494465
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
014381015829
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
ID0158KEDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o52515261
  • (Sirsi) ADP-4650
System details
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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