The cook, the thief, his wife & her lover /

The cook, the thief, his wife & her lover /

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A modern fable and political satire on the Thatcher years in Britain set at Le Hollandais, a gourmet restaurant. The wife (Mirren) of a barbaric crime boss (Gambon) engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller (Howard) between meals at her husband's restaurant, all observed by the co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nyman, Michael (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Allarts (Firm) (Producer), Allarts Cook (Firm) (Producer), Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc, Class of 1924 Book Fund, Elsevier Vendex Film (Producer), Erato Films (Producer), Films Incorporated (Producer), Miramax Films (Producer), Vidmark Entertainment
Other Authors: Bohringer, Richard (Actor), Gambon, Michael (Actor), Greenaway, Peter (Screenwriter, Director), Howard, Alan, Howard, Alan, 1937-2015 (Actor), Kasander, Kees (Producer), Mirren, Helen (Actor), Roth, Tim (Actor), Smith, Liz, Smith, Liz, 1921-2016 (Actor), Vierny, Sacha, 1919-2001 (Cinematographer)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc., ©2001
Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2001], ©2001
Troy, MI : [2001]
Edition:Widescreen format
Subjects:
Adultery > Drama
Cooking > Drama
Deception > Drama
Feature films
Food in motion pictures
Man-woman relationships > Drama
Motion pictures, British
Restaurateurs > Great Britain > Drama
Revenge > Drama
Adultery
Deception
Man-woman relationships
Revenge
Drama
Erotic films
Video recordings

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Dartmouth College

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Call Number: 19959

Columbia University

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Call Number: DVD PN1997 .C6793 2001g
DVD0602
VIDEORES02457

University of Pennsylvania

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Call Number: DVD 009 299

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