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One true thing [videorecording] / Universal Pictures presents a Monarch Pictures/Ufland production ; produced by Harry J. Ufland, Jesse Beaton ; screenplay by Karen Croner ; directed by Carl Franklin.

Ufland, Harry J. (Added Author). Beaton, Jesse. (Added Author). Croner, Karen. (Added Author). Franklin, Carl, 1949- (Added Author). Streep, Meryl. (Added Author). Zellweger, Renée, 1969- (Added Author). Hurt, William. (Added Author). Scott, Tom Everett, 1970- (Added Author). Katt, Nicky. (Added Author). Graham, Lauren. (Added Author). Quindlen, Anna. (Added Author). Monarch Pictures. (Added Author). Universal Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Universal Studios Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Nicky Katt, Lauren Graham. (Cast).

Summary:

A daughter Ellen, gives up her job and boyfriend to take care of her dying mother. Her father, a gifted professor of an English department, is more occupied with having his life running as smoothly as possible than caring for his wife. Living at home, Ellen discovers many new aspects to her parents' personalities, a father who is human despite his imperfections and a mother who loves her family passionately. When her mother finally dies Ellen is suspected of hastening her death with morphine.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0783230583
  • ISBN: 9780783230580
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, [1999]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Anna Quindlen.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
Participant or Performer Note:
Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Nicky Katt, Lauren Graham.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby surround stereo.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Includes Spanish and French dubbed versions and subtitles in Spanish.

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Genre:
Feature films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures).
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

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Madison Main Library R DVD ONE (Text) 30229100492403 Adult Video Fiction Available -
Mars Hill Library R DVD ONE (Text) 30229100456218 Adult Video Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library DVD ONE (Text) 50503011073865 Adult Video Available -
Boonville Community Public Library DVD (Text) 30005100159949 Adult Video Available -
Henderson Main Branch 791.43 O / Feature (Text) 33258008251980 Adult Video Available -
Mountains Branch Library DVD ONE (Text) 38801100893491 Adult Video Fiction Available -
Rural Hall Branch DVD DRAMA RATED R (Text) 0112516799247 Adult Video Fiction Available -
Transylvania County Library DVD ONE (Text) 38079102095353 Adult Video Fiction Available -