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O'Brien, Mark, 1949-1999 -- Drama.
First sexual experiences -- Drama.
Therapist and patient -- Drama.
Sex surrogates -- Drama.
People with disabilities -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
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O'Brien, Mark, 1949-1999 -- Drama.
First sexual experiences -- Drama.
Therapist and patient -- Drama.
Sex surrogates -- Drama.
People with disabilities -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
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The sessions [videorecording (DVD)].
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2013.
Call #:
DVD SES Dra
Subjects
O'Brien, Mark, 1949-1999 -- Drama.
First sexual experiences -- Drama.
Therapist and patient -- Drama.
Sex surrogates -- Drama.
People with disabilities -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
Alternate title:
Thérapie [videorecording (DVD)]
Surrogate
[videorecording (DVD)]
Six sessions [videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Description:
1 videodisc (95 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Based on the article "On seeing a sex
surrogate
" by Mark O'Brien (which appeared in the Sun Magazine in 1990).
Originally released as a comedy-drama motion picture in 2012.
Special features: John Hawkes becomes Mark O'Brien ; Helen Hunt as the sex
surrogate
; the women who loved Mark O'Brien.
Widescreen 1.85:1.
Bilingual packaging (English/French).
Alternate title information provided by IMDb = Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
"Based on the triumphant true story"--Container.
Home use only.
Includes English, French and Spanish language tracks with optional English (SDH) or Spanish subtitles as well as an English 5.1 descriptive audio track.
Closed-captioned.
English (SDH) subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Audio description track (for people with visual disabilities).
Production:
Fox Searchlight Pictures presents in association with Such Much Films and Rhino Films ; a film by Ben Lewin ; produced by Judi Levine, Stephen Nemeth, Ben Lewin ; written for the screen and directed by Ben Lewin.
Performers:
John Hawkes and Helen Hunt with Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks, Rhea Perlman, and with Adam Arkin and William H. Macy,
Summary:
"Academy Award winner Helen Hunt joins John Hawkes and William H. Macy in this triumphant true story about love, sex, desire...and making every breath count. Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien (Hawkes) has overcome adversity time and time again. But now, at age 38, he faces his toughest challenge yet: losing his virginity. With the help of a beautiful therapist (Hunt), a sympathetic priest (Macy), and his own unbridled sense of optimism and humor, Mark embarks on an extraordinary personal journey to discover the wondrous pleasures that make life worth living."--Container.
Awards:
Audience Award: Sundance Film Festival, 2012.
Genre:
Biographical films.
Comedy films.
Romance films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Films for people with visual disabilities.
DVDs.
Described video.
Other authors:
O'Brien, Mark, 1949-1999. On seeing a sex
surrogate
.
Lewin, Ben, 1946-
Hawkes, John, 1959-
Hunt, Helen, 1963-
Arkin, Adam.
Macy, William H., 1950-
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