Scoop
(2004, original release: 1987)
Fiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/COMEDY/SCOOP
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Richmond Hill, Ont. : BFS Video, 2004
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
0779256611 30661
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally broadcast by ITV in 1987
Mistaken for a foreign correspondent, a mild-mannered wildlife writer is sent to a fictional African country on the eve of a war. He flounders through a sea of wild rumors and sleazy journalists desperate for a story
Based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh
Special features: Evelyn Waugh biography; Evelyn Waugh in his own words; cast profiles
Michael Maloney, Denholm Elliott, Herbert Lom, Michael Hordern, Nicola Pagett, Donald Pleasence
Not rated
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital