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Can you ever forgive me?  Cover Image DVD DVD

Can you ever forgive me? / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Archer Gray Production ; screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty ; produced by Anne Carey, Amy Nauiokas, David Yarnell ; directed by Marielle Heller.

Summary:

Lee Israel made her living in the '70s and '80s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack. An adaptation of the memoir, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats).

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: [English/French/Spanish version].
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from sell sheet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.
Wide screen (2.40:1).
Special features: Deleted scenes; commentaries; galleries; Elevator pitch; Becoming Lee Isreal; Likely friends; A literary world.
Participant or Performer Note:
Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone, Jane Curtin, Stephen Spinella, Christian Navarro.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for language including some sexual references, and brief drug use.
System Details Note:
DVD, wide screen (2.40:1); Dolby digital 5.1, Descriptive audio 5.1 (English), Dolby digital 2.0 (French, Spanish).
Language Note:
English, French or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video.
Subject: Israel, Lee > Drama.
Forgers > United States > Drama.
Literary forgeries and mystifications > Drama.
Letters > Forgeries > Drama.
Genre: Biographical films.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Motion pictures.
DVD-Video discs.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at Sage Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Baker County Library COMEDY CAN DVD (Text) 37814003224046 VIDEO Available -
Baker Haines Branch DRAMA CAN DVD (Text) 37814003224699 VIDEO Available -
Columbia Gorge Community College Library DRAMA CAN 2019 (Text) 39705000029271 DVD Available -
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Summary: Lee Israel made her living in the '70s and '80s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack. An adaptation of the memoir, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats).

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