Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
The penguin lessons [videorecording]. / A Sony Pictures Classics release ; Intake Films present ; a 42 and Nostromo Pictures production ; screenplay by Jeff Pope ; produced by Ben Pugh, Rory Aitken, Andy Noble, Adrian Guerra, Robert Walak ; directed by Peter Cattaneo.
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : Sony, 2025
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in.
digital
optical
1.85:1
wide screen
video file
DVD video
region 1
auditory captions
Summary:
Inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down.
Target Audience Note:
MPA Rating: PG-13.
Subjects:
Michell, Tom -- Drama.
Juan Salvador (Penguin) -- Drama.
Michell, Tom -- Travel -- Argentina -- Drama.
Wildlife rescue -- Uruguay -- Drama.
Human-animal relationships -- Drama.
Penguins -- Biography -- Drama.
Teachers -- Argentina -- Biography -- Drama.
Teachers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama.
Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1955-1983 -- Drama.
Genre:
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Video recording for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:
Pope, Jeff, screenwriter.
Pugh, Ben (Film producer), film producer.
Aitken, Rory, film producer.
Noble, Andy, film producer.
Guerra, Adrián, film producer.
Walak, Robert, film producer.
Container of (work): Michell, Tom. Penguin lessons.
Cattaneo, Peter, film director.
Coogan, Steve, actor.
Jaber, Vivian El, actor.
Gustafsson, Björn, actor.
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), production company.
Intake Films, presenter.
42 (Firm), production company.
Nostromo Pictures (Firm), production company.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Notes:
Title from disc label.
Based on the book by Tom Michell.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2024.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Editors, Robin Peters, Tariq Anwar; Original music by Federico Jusid; director of photography Xavi Ginenez.
Steve Coogan, Vivian El Jaber, Bjorn Gustafsson, David Herrero, Jonathan Pryce.
DVD, region 1; wide screen (1.85:1); English 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
64604
System Availability:
8
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
8
Control Number:
3905084
Call Number:
P
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
7
# System items in:
7
Medium:
[videorecording].