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Stranger than fiction [videorecording] / Crick Pictures LLC ; Mandate Pictures ; Three Strange Angels ; produced by Lindsay Doran ; written by Zach Helm ; directed by Marc Forster.

Other Titles: Stranger than fiction (Motion picture : 2006).

Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]

ISBN: 1424820766
9781424820764

Description: 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject(s): United States. Internal Revenue Service Drama.
United States. Internal Revenue Service Drama.
Women novelists Drama.
Auditory hallucinations Drama.
Man-woman relationships Drama.
Women authors Drama.
Auditory hallucinations Drama.
Man-woman relationship Drama.
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Credits: Director of photography, Roberto Schaefer ; editor, Matt Chesse ; music, Britt Daniel, Brian Reitzell ; original music, Max Richter ; costume designer, Frank L. Fleming ; production designer, Kevin Thompson.

Performers: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson.

Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and nudity.

Notes: English or French dialogue, English or French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.

Summary: Kay Effiel is an author writing her latest novel. Her story revovles about an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real. Harold is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence. One day begins to hear Karen's voice as she narrates what she is putting down on paper. Harold enlists the help of a literary professor to find out what is happening and ends up changing things about his life. He begins to have a relationship with his IRS client, a government-hating bakery owner named Ana Pascal. Harold, however, finds trouble when he hears that Karen plans to kill him.

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Austin-Irving Adult FICTION DVD Date Due 11/04/2008
Beverly Adult FICTION DVD On Hold 12/27/2008
Blackstone Adult FICTION DVD On Hold 01/07/2009
Bucktown-Wicker Park Adult FICTION DVD Date Due 05/07/2008
Budlong Woods Adult FICTION DVD On Hold 01/09/2009
Chicago Lawn Adult FICTION DVD On Hold 12/30/2008
Daley Adult FICTION DVD In transit between libraries 03/31/2008
Edgebrook Adult FICTION DVD Hold in Transit 12/18/2008
Edgewater Adult FICTION DVD On Hold 01/09/2009
HWLC 1st Floor Adult FICTION DVD Date Due 10/17/2008
Hegewisch Adult FICTION DVD In transit between libraries 09/08/2007
Humboldt Park Adult FICTION DVD Hold in Transit 01/07/2009
Independence Adult FICTION DVD Hold in Transit 04/16/2007
Lincoln Belmont Adult FICTION DVD Hold in Transit 01/05/2009
Lozano Adult FICTION DVD On Hold 01/05/2009
Manning Adult FICTION DVD On Hold 01/08/2009
Merlo Adult FICTION DVD Date Due 01/15/2009
Mount Greenwood Adult FICTION DVD Date Due 01/12/2009
Oriole Park Adult FICTION DVD On Hold 01/08/2009
South Chicago Adult FICTION DVD Hold in Transit 12/22/2008
Thurgood Marshall Adult FICTION DVD On Hold 12/30/2008
Wrightwood-Ashburn Adult FICTION DVD Date Due 08/25/2008