About a boy
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Williams Public Library - VideosDVD ABOUT A BOYChecked OutApril 11, 2024

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (3 hr. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
025195018210

Notes

General Note
About a boy originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
General Note
American Dreamz originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
General Note
About a boy based on the book by Nick Hornby.
General Note
About a boy special features: deleted scenes, feature commentary with directors Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, Badly Drawn Boy music video, "Santa's Super Sleigh" music video, Spotlight on location: the making of About a boy, English to English dictionary.
General Note
American Dreamz special features: deleted scense, Center Stage: Sally Kendoo, Dance Dreamz, feature commentary with director Paul Weitz and actor Sam Golzari.
Creation/Production Credits
Music, Badly Drawn Boy ; editor, Nick Moore ; director of photography, Remi Adefarasin.
Creation/Production Credits
Original score, Stephen Trask ; editor, Myron Kerstein ; director of photography, Robert Elswit.
Participants/Performers
About a boy: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Isabel Brook, Sharon Small, Victoria Smurfit, Nicholas Hoult.
Participants/Performers
American Dreamz: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Judy Greer, John Cho, Seth Meyers, Sam Golzari, Bernard White, Willem Dafoe.
Date/Time and Place of Event
About a boy shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in London, England.
Description
Will is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is to avoid any kind of responsibility. So he decides to invent an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms. Will gets a lesson about life from a bright but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you are never too cool to grow up.
Description
The TV show American Dreamz is sweeping the ratings, and everyone wants to be a "Dreamer". But when two scheming, hopeful contestants face off in the final showdown, the audience gets an eyeful of on-air fireworks.
Target Audience
Rated PG-13; brief strong language and some thematic elements.
System Details
About a boy: DVD; Region 1 encoding; color/dual-layer; anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1.
System Details
American Dreamz: DVD; NTSC; Region 1 encoding; color/dual-layer; anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1.
Language
About a boy: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) and French (Dolby Digital 5.1) with optional Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned.
Language
American Dreamz: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1) and French (Dolby Digital 5.1); with optional Spanish and optional French subtitles; Closed-captioned.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Grant, H., Collette, T., Weisz, R., Hoult, N., Quaid, D., Moore, M., Harden, M. G., Weitz, C., & Weitz, P. (2008). About a boy (Widescreen). Universal.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hugh, Grant et al.. 2008. About a Boy. Universal.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hugh, Grant et al.. About a Boy Universal, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Grant, Hugh,, et al. About a Boy Widescreen, Universal, 2008.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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