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| Title Statement | The act: the complete limited series / [DVD] : created and written by Nick Antosca, Michelle Dean ; directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Steven Piet, Adam Arkin, Christina Choe, Hannah Fidell. |
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| Additional Contributors | Clermont-Tonnerre, Laure de |
| Fidell, Hannah | |
| Piet, Steven | |
| Arkin, Adam | |
| Choe, Christina | |
| Antosca, Nick | |
| Arquette, Patricia,1968- | |
| Dean, Michelle,1979- | |
| King, Joey,1999- | |
| Sevigny, Chloë | |
| Publication | Universal City, CA: Universal,[2024]©2019 |
| Extent of Item | 2 videodiscs (425 minutes) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 840418301814 |
| Other Number | av07647093 |
| General Notes | Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2019. Title from container. Based on Michelle Dean's 2016 Buzzfeed article "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered." "These discs are expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container. |
| Performance Credits | Joey King, Patricia Arquette, Chloe Sevigny. |
| Audience & Ratings | 14A. |
| Languages | Audio track in English, captions in English. |
| System Details | DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Terms of Use | For private home use only. |
| Contents | Disc 1. La maison du bon reve --Teeth --Two wolverines --Stay inside.Disc 2. Plan B --A whole new world --Bonnie & Clyde --Free. |
| Summary | Explores the tragic relationship between young Gypsy Blanchard and her overprotective mother Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette, in her Primetime Emmy winning performance). As Gypsy strives to break free from her mom's controlling influence, she begins to uncover a host of secrets that propel her down a deadly path. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Murder--Fiction |
| Parricide--Fiction | |
| Fraud--Fiction | |
| Child abuse--Fiction | |
| Dysfunctional families--Fiction | |
| Abused children--Fiction | |
| Mothers and daughters--Fiction | |
| Trials (Murder)--Fiction | |
| Munchausen syndrome by proxy--Fiction | |
| By Name | Blanchard, Gypsy Rose,1991- |
| Blanchard, Dee Dee,1967-2015 | |
| By Genre | Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Fiction television programs | |
| Television programs | |
| Television mini-series | |
| Biographical television programs | |
| Television crime shows | |
