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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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