Stranger than fiction [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures and Mandate Pictures present a Three Strange Angels production ; produced by Lindsay Doran ; written by Zach Helm ; directed by Marc Forster.

Queen Latifah, 1970- (Actor). Doran, Lindsay. (Producer). Ferrell, Will, 1967- (Actor). Forster, Marc, 1969- (Director). Gyllenhaal, Maggie, 1977- (Actor). Hale, Tony. (Actor). Helm, Zach. (Screenwriter). Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- (Actor). Hulce, Tom, 1953- (Actor). Hunt, Linda, 1945- (Actor). Thompson, Emma. (Actor). Columbia Pictures, (presenter.). Mandate Pictures (Firm), (presenter.). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), (publisher.). Three Strange Angels (Firm), (film production company.). Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt. (Cast).

Summary:

Harold Crick - IRS auditor, milquetoast, and poster child for obsessive-compulsive disorder - wakes one morning to hear a woman's voice in his bathroom, narrating his life as he is living it, subsequently announcing his imminent death. This is a big problem, since Harold has a burning crush on Ana, his latest audit case. Searching for the source of the voice, he turns to literary theory-spewing professor Jules Hilburt, who eventually discovers that talented but troubled novelist Karen Eiffel is writing Harold--he is the central character of her new novel, "Death and Taxes." The question is: will Harold's story end as a comedy, or a tragedy?

Record details

ISBN: 1424820766
ISBN: 1424851394
ISBN: 9781424820764
ISBN: 9781424851393
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2006. Special features: Actors In Search of a Story [featurette] (19 min.); Building the Team [featurette] (9 min.); On Location in Chicago [featurette] (11 min.); Words on a Page [featurette] (10 min.); Picture a Number: The Evolution of a G.U.I. [featurette] (17 min.); On the Set [featurette] (3 min.); Book Channel interview with Karen Eiffel [extended scene] (7 min.); Book Channel interview with Peter Allen Prothero [deleted scene] (5 min.); Previews (5 min.). Widescreen 1.85:1.
Formatted Contents Note:	Before Wednesday -- Extraordinary day -- Baker -- Talking leaps -- Trees are trees -- Alarming news -- Little did he know -- Transit encounter -- Ruling out the possibilities -- Comedy or tragedy -- Harold the tax guy -- Milk and cookies -- Harold's day off -- Plot thickens -- Musical conviction -- Breaking the protocol -- Making music -- Significant moments -- Writer's resolution -- Critical call -- Avoiding chance -- Poetic masterpiece -- Entertaining ideas -- Sharing secrets -- Unthinkable error -- Life choices -- Making sense -- Finding cookies.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Educational and home use only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Roberto Schaefer ; edited by Matt Chesse ; music by Britt Daniel, Brian Reitzell ; visual effects designer, Kevin Tod Haug ; main title sequence and Harold's mathematical graphics designed and animated by MK12.
Participant or Performer Note:	Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt.
Target Audience Note:	CHV rating: PG. MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and nudity.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround.
Language Note:	In English (Dolby Digital Surround 5.1) or French (Dolby Digital Surround) with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned in English.