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The Resource Dead still, produced by Deadpan Pictures in co-production with Shaftesbury for RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises ; produced in association with Rogers Media Inc. in association with ZDF Enterprises ; an Ireland-Canada Treaty co-production ; created and written by John Morton ; story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy ; directed by Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace ; producer, Suzanne McAuley ; series producer, Paul Donovan

Dead still, produced by Deadpan Pictures in co-production with Shaftesbury for RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises ; produced in association with Rogers Media Inc. in association with ZDF Enterprises ; an Ireland-Canada Treaty co-production ; created and written by John Morton ; story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy ; directed by Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace ; producer, Suzanne McAuley ; series producer, Paul Donovan

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Summary
  • "Contains strong language, violence, sexual situations, drug use, and disturbing images"--Container
  • Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. Set within the fascinating historical period of postmortem portraiture, this darkly comic series blends murder mystery with delightfully macabre humor
  • "Memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset ... makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. With the help of his sharp-witted niece, Nancy ... and eager new assistant, Conall Molloy ... Blennerhasset commemorates the recently deceased for grieving families. But when a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, tenacious detective Frederick Regan ... drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. With a killer on the loose and a black-market trade for illicit pictures growing every more dangerous, will Blennerhasset save his job or end up as dead as one of this subjects?"--
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
2 DVDs (approximately 296 min.)
Note
  • Title from disc labels
  • "Acorn TV"--Disc labels
  • Production, writer, director, and producer credits from container
  • "Programs © 2020 Deadpan Pictures and Shaftesbury DS Inc. Packaging art and design © 2020 RLJ Entertainment, Inc."--Container
  • Wide screen
Contents
  • Disc 1. Episodes 1-4 (approximately 191 min.) -- Disc 2. Episodes 5-6 (approximately 105 min.)
  • Bonus feature: Behind the scenes of "Dead still" (63 min.)
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https://thumbnail.midwesttape.com/13367858_180.jpg
Instance
Label
Dead still
Title
Dead still
Statement of responsibility
produced by Deadpan Pictures in co-production with Shaftesbury for RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises ; produced in association with Rogers Media Inc. in association with ZDF Enterprises ; an Ireland-Canada Treaty co-production ; created and written by John Morton ; story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy ; directed by Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace ; producer, Suzanne McAuley ; series producer, Paul Donovan
Contributor
Actor
Creator
Film distributor
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Television director
Television producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
  • "Contains strong language, violence, sexual situations, drug use, and disturbing images"--Container
  • Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. Set within the fascinating historical period of postmortem portraiture, this darkly comic series blends murder mystery with delightfully macabre humor
  • "Memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset ... makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. With the help of his sharp-witted niece, Nancy ... and eager new assistant, Conall Molloy ... Blennerhasset commemorates the recently deceased for grieving families. But when a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, tenacious detective Frederick Regan ... drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. With a killer on the loose and a black-market trade for illicit pictures growing every more dangerous, will Blennerhasset save his job or end up as dead as one of this subjects?"--
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Container
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director, Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace
Date time place
Originally broadcast as a television miniseries in 2020
Dewey number
791.45/75
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
In English
LC call number
PN1992.77
LC item number
.D43 2020
PerformerNote
Michael Smiley, Eileen O'Higgins, Kerr Logan, Aidan O'Hare, Mark J. Rendall, Jimmy Smallhorne, Martin Donovan
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1983-
  • 1963-
  • 1988-
  • 1957-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Morton, John
  • Murphy, Imogen
  • Wallace, Craig David
  • McAuley, Suzanne
  • Donovan, Paul
  • Smiley, Michael
  • O'Higgins, Eileen
  • Logan, Kerr
  • O'Hare, Aidan
  • Rendall, Mark
  • Smallhorne, Jimmy
  • Donovan, Martin
  • Deadpan Pictures (Firm)
  • Shaftesbury Films
  • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
  • Acorn Media Enterprises (Firm)
  • Rogers Media
  • ZDF Enterprises
  • Acorn Media (Firm)
  • RLJ Entertainment
Runtime
296
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Photographers
  • Postmortem photography
  • Murder
  • Cameras
  • Parapsychology
  • Demonology
  • Ireland
  • Cameras
  • Social conditions
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Dead still, produced by Deadpan Pictures in co-production with Shaftesbury for RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises ; produced in association with Rogers Media Inc. in association with ZDF Enterprises ; an Ireland-Canada Treaty co-production ; created and written by John Morton ; story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy ; directed by Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace ; producer, Suzanne McAuley ; series producer, Paul Donovan
Link
https://thumbnail.midwesttape.com/13367858_180.jpg
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Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Title from disc labels
  • "Acorn TV"--Disc labels
  • Production, writer, director, and producer credits from container
  • "Programs © 2020 Deadpan Pictures and Shaftesbury DS Inc. Packaging art and design © 2020 RLJ Entertainment, Inc."--Container
  • Wide screen
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Disc 1. Episodes 1-4 (approximately 191 min.) -- Disc 2. Episodes 5-6 (approximately 105 min.)
  • Bonus feature: Behind the scenes of "Dead still" (63 min.)
Control code
on1160200516
Dimensions
other
Extent
2 DVDs (approximately 296 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
054961283194
Publisher number
AMP-2831
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1160200516
System details
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; 16:9 widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital
Terms governing use
For private home use only.
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Dead still, produced by Deadpan Pictures in co-production with Shaftesbury for RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises ; produced in association with Rogers Media Inc. in association with ZDF Enterprises ; an Ireland-Canada Treaty co-production ; created and written by John Morton ; story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy ; directed by Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace ; producer, Suzanne McAuley ; series producer, Paul Donovan
Link
https://thumbnail.midwesttape.com/13367858_180.jpg
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Title from disc labels
  • "Acorn TV"--Disc labels
  • Production, writer, director, and producer credits from container
  • "Programs © 2020 Deadpan Pictures and Shaftesbury DS Inc. Packaging art and design © 2020 RLJ Entertainment, Inc."--Container
  • Wide screen
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Disc 1. Episodes 1-4 (approximately 191 min.) -- Disc 2. Episodes 5-6 (approximately 105 min.)
  • Bonus feature: Behind the scenes of "Dead still" (63 min.)
Control code
on1160200516
Dimensions
other
Extent
2 DVDs (approximately 296 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
054961283194
Publisher number
AMP-2831
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1160200516
System details
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; 16:9 widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital
Terms governing use
For private home use only.
Video recording format
DVD

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