Waiting for "Superman" [videorecording] / Paramount Vantage and Participant Media present ; in association with Walden Media ; an Electric Kinney production ; written by Davis Guggenheim & Billy Kimball ; produced by Lesley Chilcott ; directed by Davis Guggenheim.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 35650 | Paramount Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2011]Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1415757224
  • 9781415757222
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DVD LA 212 .W35 2011
Contents:
Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott -- Changing the odds (ca. 6 min. ; a look at innovative programs that are changing public education) -- Updates (text feature listing changes which have taken place since the making of the film) -- A conversation with Davis Guggenheim -- The future is in our classrooms -- The making of "Shine" (the film's title track by musician John Legend) -- deleted scenes.
Production credits:
  • Cinematography by Erich Roland, Bob Richman ; edited by Greg Finton, Jay Cassidy, Kim Roberts ; music by Christophe Beck ; title track "Shine" written and performed by John Legend.
Awards:
  • Winner, Best Documentary, National Board of Review ; Winner, 2010 Audience Award, U.S. Documentary, Sundance Film Festival.
Bill Strickland, Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Randi Weingarten.Summary: "Provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. [This documentary] has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life."--container.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD LA 212 .W35 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .STAFF. On Dr. Modica's Reserve shelf for possible future class use 98644579

DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

English or Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned.

Bill Strickland, Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Randi Weingarten.

Cinematography by Erich Roland, Bob Richman ; edited by Greg Finton, Jay Cassidy, Kim Roberts ; music by Christophe Beck ; title track "Shine" written and performed by John Legend.

Companion book: Waiting for "Superman" : how we can save America's failing public schools / edited by Karl Weber.

"Provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. [This documentary] has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life."--container.

Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott -- Changing the odds (ca. 6 min. ; a look at innovative programs that are changing public education) -- Updates (text feature listing changes which have taken place since the making of the film) -- A conversation with Davis Guggenheim -- The future is in our classrooms -- The making of "Shine" (the film's title track by musician John Legend) -- deleted scenes.

MPAA rating: PG; some thematic material, mild language, and incidental smoking.

Winner, Best Documentary, National Board of Review ; Winner, 2010 Audience Award, U.S. Documentary, Sundance Film Festival.

Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott -- Changing the odds (ca. 6 min. ; a look at innovative programs that are changing public education) -- Updates (text feature listing changes which have taken place since the making of the film) -- A conversation with Davis Guggenheim -- The future is in our classrooms -- The making of "Shine" (the film's title track by musician John Legend) -- deleted scenes.

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