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Mermaids / a Nicita, Lloyd, Palmer production ; directed by Richard Benjamin.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 15857DVD | Metro Goldwyn MayerLanguage: English, German, das, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish Spoken language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish Original language: English [U.K.] : Metro Goldwyn Mayer, c2006Description: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, colour ; 19 cmContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Film editor Jacqueline Cambas ; music by Jack Nitzsche ; production designer Stuart Wurtzel ; director of photography Howard Atherton ; screenplay by June Roberts.
Cast: Cher, Bob Hoskins, Wynona Rider, Michael Schoeffling, Christina Ricci.Summary: Cher is magical and electric, Winona Ryder enchanting and funny and Christina Ricci adorable and engaging in this hilarious and heartwarming portrait of a 1960's single-parent family trying to adjust to each other's growing independence. Charlotte (Ryder) is an adolescent girl torn between her blossoming passions for a handsome caretaker (Michael Schoeffling)... and her desire to be a nun (a tough calling for a girl who's Jewish). Complicating her already precarious teen angst is a little sister (Ricci), a determined would-be swimmer she affectionately calls "fishead", and their mother (Cher), a non-traditional, sexy, flamboyant woman who relocates them to a new town every time she causes a hint of scandal – which is often. But even as their personal styles clash, these three incredibly different individuals begin to see that nothing – not even a life-threatening tragedy – can tear apart the bonds of family.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.

Based on the novel "Mermaids" by Patty Dann.

Film editor Jacqueline Cambas ; music by Jack Nitzsche ; production designer Stuart Wurtzel ; director of photography Howard Atherton ; screenplay by June Roberts.

Cher, Bob Hoskins, Wynona Rider, Michael Schoeffling, Christina Ricci.

Cher is magical and electric, Winona Ryder enchanting and funny and Christina Ricci adorable and engaging in this hilarious and heartwarming portrait of a 1960's single-parent family trying to adjust to each other's growing independence. Charlotte (Ryder) is an adolescent girl torn between her blossoming passions for a handsome caretaker (Michael Schoeffling)... and her desire to be a nun (a tough calling for a girl who's Jewish). Complicating her already precarious teen angst is a little sister (Ricci), a determined would-be swimmer she affectionately calls "fishead", and their mother (Cher), a non-traditional, sexy, flamboyant woman who relocates them to a new town every time she causes a hint of scandal – which is often. But even as their personal styles clash, these three incredibly different individuals begin to see that nothing – not even a life-threatening tragedy – can tear apart the bonds of family.

Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over. BBFC

Fit for viewing by persons aged 15 years or more FCO

12 years or more FSK

DVD, PAL 2; Dolby Digital surround; aspect ratio 1.85:1, widescreen 16:9.

English dubbed into French, German, Italian, and Spanish with Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish subtitles.

English and German subtitles for the hearing impaired.

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