The comfort of strangers

Schrader, Paul, 1946- (film director.). Everett, Rupert, (actor.). Mirren, Helen, (actor.). Richardson, Natasha, (actor.). Walken, Christopher, 1943- (actor.). McEwan, Ian. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Comfort of strangers. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, Natasha Richardson, Christopher Walken. (Cast).

Summary: Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are the prey, a beautiful British couple working on their relationship while on holiday in Venice; Christopher Walken and Helen Mirren are the hunters who draw them into the sinister web of their opulent, old-world palazzo. What plays out is an unsettling, sadomasochistic seduction imbued with an atmosphere of sumptuous dread.

Record details

ISBN: 168143752X
ISBN: 9781681437521
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
Publisher: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from sell sheet. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan. Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Wide screen (1.66:1). Bonus features: new interviews with Spinotti, director Paul Schrader, actor Christopher Walken and editor Bill Pankow; interviews from 1981 and 2001 with novelist Ian McEwan and actor Natasha Richardson; trailers.
Participant or Performer Note:	Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, Natasha Richardson, Christopher Walken.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	DVD, wide screen (1.66:1); monaural.
Language Note:	Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).