The tale
(DVD)
Contributors
Fox, Jennifer, 1959- film director,
Moverman, Oren, film producer.
Rister, Laura, film producer.
Louie, Mynette, film producer.
Pero, Simone, film producer.
Moverman, Oren, film producer.
Rister, Laura, film producer.
Louie, Mynette, film producer.
Pero, Simone, film producer.
Published
New York, NY : HBO Home Entertainment, [2018].
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Published
New York, NY : HBO Home Entertainment, [2018].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
888574725099
Notes
General Note
This disc is expected to play back in DVD video 'play only' devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives.
General Note
Based on The tale written by Jenny Fox, age 13.
General Note
Originally broadcast in 2018.
General Note
Aspect ration 16:9 (1.78:1).
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography, Denis Lenois, Ivan Strasburg ; editors, Alex Hall, Gary Levy, Anne Fabini ; music, Ariel Marx.
Participants/Performers
Laura Dern, Isabele Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki, Jason Ritter, Frances Conroy, John Heard, Jodi Long, Common, Ellen Burstyn.
Description
A groundbreaking film memoir, based on the filmmaker's own personal experiences, this HBO Films presentation tells the story of Jennifer Fox (Laura Dern), a globetrotting documentarian and professor living an apparently enviable life with her boyfriend (Common) in NYC. That world is turned upside down when her mother (Ellen Burstyn) discovers a story Jennifer wrote at 13 depicting a "special" relationship she had with two adult coaches, Mrs. G (Elizabeth Debicki) and Bill (Jason Ritter), in a North Carolina horse camp. Reading the pages of "The Tale," Jennifer realizes the coded details she composed 40 years ago are quite unlike her recollection. Deeply shaken yet determined to square her version of events with the truth, she sets out to question her two coaches and other girls who attended the camp. As Jennifer's seventh-grade self-reawakens, the loving stories she told herself for decades begin to unravel. Seamlessly toggling between past and present, writer/director Jennifer Fox forges a fresh and uncompromising cinematic language to penetrate the heightened internal worlds of her character at two pivotal stages. Shocking, emotionally raw and destabilizing, The Tale punctures the insidious workings of unchecked power and lays bare the mechanisms of memory - refashioned over time by a growing girl in order to not only survive, but to prevail.
Target Audience
Rating: TVMA.
System Details
DVD, wide screen (1.78:1, 16:9); Dolby digital 5.1.
Language
English language; closed-captioned.
Local note
DVD
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fox, J., Moverman, O., Rister, L., Louie, M., Pero, S., Inglee, L., Bondy, S., Scully, R. K., Weinman, L. (., Posta, R., Dern, L., Nélisse, I., Debicki, E., Ritter, J., Conroy, F., Heard, J., Long, J., Common (Musician)., & Burstyn, E. (2018). The tale . HBO Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jennifer Fox et al.. 2018. The Tale. HBO Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jennifer Fox et al.. The Tale HBO Home Entertainment, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fox, Jennifer, et al. The Tale HBO Home Entertainment, 2018.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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