As good as it gets

Resource Information

The work As good as it gets represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

As good as it gets

Statement of responsibility

TriStar Pictures presents a Gracie Films production ; a James L. Brooks film ; story by Mark Andrus ; screenplay by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks ; produced by Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea ; produced and directed by James L. Brooks

Creator

• As good as it gets (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Hunt, Helen, 1963-
• Johnson, Bridget, (Motion picture producer)
• Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 1968-
• Kinnear, Greg, 1963-
• Brooks, James L.
• Knight, Shirley, 1936-2020
• Andrus, Mark
• Tri-Star Pictures
• Nicholson, Jack
• Ulrich, Skeet
• Gracie Films
• Zea, Kristi
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)

Actor

• Nicholson, Jack
• Ulrich, Skeet
• Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 1968-
• Hunt, Helen, 1963-
• Knight, Shirley, 1936-2020
• Kinnear, Greg, 1963-

Film director

• Brooks, James L.

Film producer

• Johnson, Bridget, (Motion picture producer)
• Brooks, James L.
• Zea, Kristi

Presenter

• Tri-Star Pictures

Production company

• Gracie Films

Publisher

• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Brooks, James L.
• Andrus, Mark

Subject

• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films pour personnes handicapées auditives
• Man-woman relationships
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Manners and customs
• Materiales en español -- Bilingüe
• New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• New York (State) -- New York
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Drama
• Comedies
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Films comiques

Genre

• Films for the hearing impaired
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Films comiques
• Materiales en español
• Comedies
• Comedy films
• Films pour personnes handicapées auditives

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Melvin Udall is an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his gay neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness-- along with waitress Carol Connelly-- helps put Melvin back in the human race

Member of

• As good as it gets (Motion picture)
• As good as it gets (Motion picture)

Awards note

• Academy Award, 1998: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nicholson); Best Actress in a Leading Role (Hunt)
• Golden Globes, 1998: Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Hunt); Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Nicholson)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, 1998: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Nicholson); Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Hunt)
• Writers Guild of America, 1998: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Andrus, Brooks)

Cataloging source

MDK

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, John Bailey ; production design, Bill Brzesski ; editor, Richard Marks ; music, Hans Zimmer

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

Dialogue in English or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.C55

LC item number

A84 1998

NLM call number

21709

NLM item number

Tri-Star

PerformerNote

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight

Runtime

139

Target audience

general

Technique

live action