Tim's Vermeer / Sony Pictures Classics in association with High Delft Pictures presents a Penn & Teller Film production ; producer Farley Ziegler ; directed by Teller.
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FilmPublisher number: 44207 | Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Original language: English Edition: Blu-ray combo packDescription: 2 videodiscs (80 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 -- Criticism and interpretation | Painting, Dutch -- 17th century | Documentary films | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Video recordings for people with visual disabilitiesCast: Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette, David Hockney, Philip Steadman, Martin Mull.Summary: Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did seventeenth century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically, 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning ten years, his adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, to the north coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer masterpiece in the collection of the Queen.
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Title from container.
"A Penn & Teller film."
Special features: Commentaries; deleted, extended and alternate scenes; Toronto International Film Festival Q&A.
Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette, David Hockney, Philip Steadman, Martin Mull.
Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did seventeenth century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically, 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning ten years, his adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, to the north coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer masterpiece in the collection of the Queen.
Rating: PG-13; for some strong language CHV rating: G.
DVD, widescreen presentation; described video.
Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD MA, English description track 5.1 Dolby digital; 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player.
English dialogue; French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; described video.
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