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The Resource Rowing with the wind, Miramax ; una producción de CIA. Iberoamericana DE TV, S.A. en asociación con Viking Film A/S (Noruega) ; realizada por Ditirambo Films, S.A. con la participación de Television Española ; productor ejecutivo, Andres Vicente Gomez ; escrita y dirigida [writer and director], Gonzalo Suarez

Rowing with the wind, Miramax ; una producción de CIA. Iberoamericana DE TV, S.A. en asociación con Viking Film A/S (Noruega) ; realizada por Ditirambo Films, S.A. con la participación de Television Española ; productor ejecutivo, Andres Vicente Gomez ; escrita y dirigida [writer and director], Gonzalo Suarez

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Summary
In the summer of 1816, Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, and her stepsister Claire Clairmont visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Encouraged by Byron's friend John William Polidori, Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the personification of her imagination is the cause
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Note
Originally produced in 1988
Contents
  • A surprising proposal
  • Visiting Lord Byron
  • Entertaining guests
  • Sailing competition
  • Burial
  • Chess
  • Polidori's end
  • A respectable woman
  • Venice
  • William
  • Edward Williams
  • Swimming lessons
  • Shelley
  • Target practice
  • Wake the serpent not
Instance
Label
Rowing with the wind
Title
Rowing with the wind
Statement of responsibility
Miramax ; una producción de CIA. Iberoamericana DE TV, S.A. en asociación con Viking Film A/S (Noruega) ; realizada por Ditirambo Films, S.A. con la participación de Television Española ; productor ejecutivo, Andres Vicente Gomez ; escrita y dirigida [writer and director], Gonzalo Suarez
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Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In the summer of 1816, Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, and her stepsister Claire Clairmont visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Encouraged by Byron's friend John William Polidori, Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the personification of her imagination is the cause
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Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director de fotografia, Carlos Suarez ; montador [editor], Jose Salcedo ; decorados [production designer], Wolfgang Burman ; música, Alejandro Masso ; figurinista [costumer], Ivonne Blake ; fotografia, Javier Aguirresarobe
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rating: R for some sexuality/nudity
PerformerNote
Hugh Grant (Lord Byron), Lizzy McInnerny (Mary Shelley), Valentine Pelka (Percy Bysshe Shelley), Elizabeth Hurley (Claire Clairmont), Jose Luis Gomez (Polidori), Virginia Mataix (Elisa), Ronan Vibert (Fletcher), Jose Carlos Rivas (Criatura [the creature]), Kate McKenzie (Jane Williams), Jolyon Baker (Edward Williams), Terry Taplin (Godwin), Karen Westwood (Fanny), Bibi Andersen (Fornarina), Jose MaPou (Oficial Aduana), Aitana Sanchez Gijon (Teresa Guiccioli), Rebeca Ordovas (Allegra), Nicolas Moser (William)
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1934-
  • 1957-
  • 1965-
  • 1940-
  • 1954-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Vicente Gómez, Andrés,
  • Suárez, Gonzalo
  • Grant, Hugh
  • McInnerny, Lizzy
  • Pelka, Valentine
  • Hurley, Elizabeth
  • Gómez, José Luis
  • Mataix, Virginia
  • Vibert, Ronan
  • Rivas, Jose Carlos
  • McKenzie, Kate
  • Baker, Jolyon
  • Taplin, Terry
  • Westwood, Karen
  • Andersen, Bibi
  • MaPou, Jose
  • Sánchez-Gijón, Aitana
  • Ordovas, Rebeca
  • Moser, Nicolas
  • Compañía Iberoamericana de TV
  • Viking Film (Firm)
  • Ditirambo Films (Firm)
  • Televisión Española
  • Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
  • Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Runtime
95
Series statement
Miramax classics
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Byron, George Gordon Byron
  • Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
  • Shelley, Percy Bysshe
  • Poets
  • Monsters
  • Mistresses
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Man-woman relationships
  • England
Technique
live action
Label
Rowing with the wind, Miramax ; una producción de CIA. Iberoamericana DE TV, S.A. en asociación con Viking Film A/S (Noruega) ; realizada por Ditirambo Films, S.A. con la participación de Television Española ; productor ejecutivo, Andres Vicente Gomez ; escrita y dirigida [writer and director], Gonzalo Suarez
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Originally produced in 1988
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
A surprising proposal -- Visiting Lord Byron -- Entertaining guests -- Sailing competition -- Burial -- Chess -- Polidori's end -- A respectable woman -- Venice -- William -- Edward Williams -- Swimming lessons -- Shelley -- Target practice -- Wake the serpent not
Control code
754662877
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
096009782290
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
78229
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)754662877
System details
DVD; Dolby digital sound full screen; widescreen presentation
Terms governing use
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Rowing with the wind, Miramax ; una producción de CIA. Iberoamericana DE TV, S.A. en asociación con Viking Film A/S (Noruega) ; realizada por Ditirambo Films, S.A. con la participación de Television Española ; productor ejecutivo, Andres Vicente Gomez ; escrita y dirigida [writer and director], Gonzalo Suarez
Publication
Note
Originally produced in 1988
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
A surprising proposal -- Visiting Lord Byron -- Entertaining guests -- Sailing competition -- Burial -- Chess -- Polidori's end -- A respectable woman -- Venice -- William -- Edward Williams -- Swimming lessons -- Shelley -- Target practice -- Wake the serpent not
Control code
754662877
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
096009782290
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
78229
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)754662877
System details
DVD; Dolby digital sound full screen; widescreen presentation
Terms governing use
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Video recording format
DVD

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