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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the book My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff
"After leaving graduate school to pursue her dream of becoming a writer, Joanna gets hired as an assistant to Margaret, the stoic and old-fashioned literary agent of J. D. Salinger. Fluctuating between poverty and glamour, she spends her days in a plush, wood-paneled office ... and her nights in a Brooklyn apartment with her socialist boyfriend. Joanna's main task is processing Salinger's voluminous fan mail, but as she reads the heart-wrenching letters from around the world, she becomes reluctant to send the agency's impersonal standard letter and impulsively begins personalizing the responses. The results are both humorous and moving as Joanna, while using the great writer's voice, begins to discover her own"--Container
Originally released as a motion picture in 2020
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Special feature: trailer
Director of photography, Sara Mishara ; editor, Mary Finlay ; music, Martin Léon
Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake, Théodore Pellerin, Yanic Truesdale, Hamza Haq, Ellen David, Leni Parker, Romane Denis, Tim Post, Gavin Drea, Matt Holland, Colm Feore, Brían F. O'Byrne
MPAA rating: R; for language and some sexual references
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, stereo; wide screen (1.85:1); described video
English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video