Lady Bird

Resource Information

The work Lady Bird represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Lady Bird

Statement of responsibility

A24 and IAC Films present ; producers, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O'Neill ; written & directed by Greta Gerwig

Creator

• Lady Bird (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Smith, Lois, 1930-
• Jones, Chris, (Production designer),
• Letts, Tracy, 1965-
• Henderson, Stephen, 1949-
• Hedges, Lucas, 1996-
• Levy, Sam, (Cinematographer),
• Gerwig, Greta,
• Metcalf, Laurie, 1955-
• Napier, April,
• Houy, Nick,
• Feldstein, Beanie,
• O'Neill, Evelyn,
• Rodrigues, Jordan, 1992-
• Chalamet, Timothée,
• Bush, Eli,
• Ronan, Saoirse, 1994-
• Brion, Jon,
• Rudin, Scott, 1958-
• Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),
• Rush, Odeya, 1997-
• Scott, Marielle,
• IAC Film & Television (Firm),
• A24 (Firm),

Actor

• Metcalf, Laurie, 1955-
• Hedges, Lucas, 1996-
• Smith, Lois, 1930-
• Feldstein, Beanie,
• Rodrigues, Jordan, 1992-
• Chalamet, Timothée,
• Ronan, Saoirse, 1994-
• Rush, Odeya, 1997-
• Scott, Marielle,
• Letts, Tracy, 1965-
• Henderson, Stephen, 1949-

Composer

• Brion, Jon,

Costume designer

• Napier, April,

Director of photography

• Levy, Sam, (Cinematographer),

Editor of moving image work

• Houy, Nick,

Film director

• Gerwig, Greta,

Film distributor

• Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),

Film producer

• O'Neill, Evelyn,
• Rudin, Scott, 1958-
• Bush, Eli,

Presenter

• A24 (Firm),
• IAC Film & Television (Firm),

Production company

• A24 (Firm),
• IAC Film & Television (Firm),

Production designer

• Jones, Chris, (Production designer),

Screenwriter

• Gerwig, Greta,

Subject

• Mothers and daughters
• Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
• Teenage girls
• Teenage girls -- California -- Drama
• Video recording
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• California
• California -- Drama
• Comedy films
• High school students
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Coming-of-age films
• Coming-of-age films
• Coming-of-age films
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Drama
• Drama
• High school students -- California -- Drama
• Mothers and daughters -- California -- Drama
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• DVD -Video discs

Genre

• Drama
• Comedy films
• Coming-of-age films
• DVD -Video discs
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Spanish language materials
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

"Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson is a high school senior from the "wrong side of the tracks." She longs for adventure, sophistication, and opportunity, but finds none of that in her Sacramento Catholic high school. LADY BIRD follows the title character's senior year in high school, including her first romance, her participation in the school play, and most importantly, her applying for college"--IMDb

Awards note

Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Saorise Ronan)

Cataloging source

ROC

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Sam Levy ; editor, Nick Houy ; music, Jon Brion ; costume designer, April Napier ; production designer, Chris Jones

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity and teen partying

Language note

English dialogue; optional Spanish subtitles and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothee Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Lois Smith, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Odeya Rush, Jordan Rodrigues, Marielle Scott

Runtime

93

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action