Patrick Melrose director, Edward Berger. - Silver Spring, MD Acorn 2019 - 2 videodiscs (302 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Title from web page. Based on the books by Edward St Aubyn. Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 20018. Special features: Behind the scenes. Some copies have a booklet with interviews from the cast and crew inserted in container.

Bad news -- Never mind -- Some hope -- Mother's milk -- At last.





Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a powerhouse performance as the title character English aristocrat based on the novels by Edward St Aubyn. Chronicling the hilarious highs and devastating lows of his tumultuous life, this blackly humorous drama follows Patrick from his childhood trauma at the hands of an abusive father and neglectful mother, to the peak of his heroin addiction, and his attempts to stay sober and support his family.

Not rated.




Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

054961273096

AMP2730 Acorn Media




St. Aubyn, Edward, 1960- --Television adaptations.


Upper class families--England--Drama.
Drug addicts--Drama.
Dysfunctional families--England--Drama.
Upper class--England--Drama.
Upper class families.
Dysfunctional families.
Upper class.


England



PN1992.77 / .P38 2019

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