Albert Nobbs

Theatrical Release Date: 2011 12 21 (USA - Limited) / 2012 01 27 (USA)

UPC: 031398151517

Studio: Lionsgate

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Brief Nudity, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Glenn Close co-wrote and stars in this period drama based on the short story The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs by author George Moore, centering on the experiences of a 19th century Irish woman who poses as a man in order to work as a butler at an opulent Dublin hotel for the upper class. Maintaining her elaborate ruse over the course of two decades, Albert (Close) suddenly finds her dedication to the role challenged by the unexpected arrival of a painter who turns out to understand Albert better than anyone she could have imagined. Meanwhile, Albert finds her attempts to help pretty hotel maid Helen (Mia Wasikowska) thwarted when Helen becomes enamored with a charming but callous handyman (Aaron Johnson). Albert Nobbs played at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up) – L.A. Film Critics Association Best Makeup – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Supporting Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Actress - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Female – Independent Spirit Awards Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Audio commentary with Glenn Close and Rodrigo Garcia
Deleted scenes
Theatrical trailer

Albert Nobbs

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 05/15/2012

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DHMA null

Runtime: 113 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Perry Seibert

There will always be broad comedies about people impersonating members of the opposite sex -- classics like Some Like It Hot, Tootsie, and Victor/Victoria spring to mind immediately. While those films all have something deeper to say about our preconceived notions about gender roles, not that many dramas address the issue with the delicacy of Albert Nobbs. Set in 19th century Ireland, director Rodrigo Garcia's movie stars Glenn Close as the title character, a woman who has been posing publically as a man for decades in order to stay employed. Currently the head of the waitstaff at a hotel, Albert saves her money and occasionally goes to great lengths to hide her secret from the maids, her boss, and the hotel's drunken doctor (played with roguish sensitivity by the always reliable Brendan Gleeson). The truth becomes even more difficult to hide when Hubert (Janet McTeer), a painter working at the building, is ordered to bunk with Albert. However, when Hubert pieces together the truth about Albert, the new roommate is in the unique position of empathizing with her, for Hubert is also a woman trying to survive in a man's world without a man. That description does make Albert Nobbs sound like a farce, but the movie's delicate tone lets us know how seriously we're supposed to take Albert's situation, and Close's performance is masterfully economical. We stop seeing a man or woman at some point and just see Albert, a person who has been pretending to be someone else for so long that she doesn't know for sure who she is. She's not fully herself, and not fully Albert, and this problem reveals itself in minor ways throughout the film, but it comes to a head during Albert's interactions with Helen (Mia Wasikowska), a young maid at the hotel whom Albert grows both fond and protective of. When the headstrong Helen falls for a callow lothario, Albert feels she's found the right person on whom to spend the savings she's built up. While Close dominates the movie with her masterful performance, there is great work being done throughout the cast. McTeer becomes the movie's soul, imbuing Hubert with a confidence that only highlights Albert's discomfort; unlike our hero, Hubert is comfortable in her own skin. Wasikowska, who was brilliant in Garcia's HBO series In Treatment, simultaneously plays the best and worst aspects of Helen's immaturity; we can see why Albert is drawn to her and how dangerous their relationship could become. As a director, Garcia might be the poster boy for unassuming humanism. His work aims to draw viewers in because of his rich attention to the details of human behavior, and in that regard Albert Nobbs is very recognizably his. This isn't Masterpiece Theater, and it isn't Merchant/Ivory either. It's a gentle, subdued character study presented without an ounce of bombast or melodrama. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Glenn Close  Producer 
Glenn Close  Screenwriter 
Rodrigo García  Director 
Gabrialla Prekop  Screenwriter 
Alan Moloney  Producer 
Daryl Roth  Executive Producer 
Bonnie Curtis  Producer 
Julie Lynn  Producer 
Brian Byrne  Composer (Music Score) 
Sharon Harel-Cohen  Executive Producer 
Cami Goff  Executive Producer 
John C. Goff  Executive Producer 
David E. Shaw  Executive Producer 
John Banville  Screenwriter 
Glenn Close  Actor 
Mia Wasikowska  Actor 
Janet McTeer  Actor 
Brendan Gleeson  Actor 
Aaron Johnson  Actor 
Brenda Fricker  Actor 
Antonia Campbell-Hughes  Actor 
Pauline Collins  Actor 
Maria Doyle Kennedy  Actor 
Mark Williams  Actor 
James Greene  Actor 
Serena Brabazon  Actor 
Michael McElhatton  Actor 
Dolores Mullally  Actor 
Bonnie McCormack  Actor 
Phyllida Law  Actor 
Kenneth Collard  Actor 
Judy Donovan  Actor 
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers  Actor 
Phoebe Waller-Bridge  Actor 
Emerald Fennell  Actor 
John Light  Actor 
Daniel Costello  Actor 
Angeline Ball  Actor 
Philip O'Sullivan  Actor 
Katie Long  Actor 
Katie O'Brien  Actor 
Mark Doherty  Actor 
Rhys Burke  Actor 
Lauren Kinsella  Actor 
Katie Ann McDonough  Actor 
Kathleen Warner Yates  Actor 
Cate MacGabhann  Actor 
Bronagh Gallagher  Actor 
Antoinette Healy  Actor 
Annie Starke  Actor 
Cathy White  Actor 
Malcolm Blacow  Actor 
Lily Melcher  Actor 
Lucie Melcher  Actor 
Raul Riva  Actor 
Juno  Actor 

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