Based on the novel, Desert of the heart' by Jane Rule.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: new, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Elswit, audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch; new conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch; newconversationo between Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film's visual style; new interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau; excerpt from Fiction and truths: a film about Jane Rule, a 1995 documentary about the author of Desert of the heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based; an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich.
Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Robert Estrin ; music
Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwenn Wells, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie Labourdette.
DVD, NTSC, region 1.
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