| Other author/creator | Greenaway, Peter, screenwriter, director. |
| Other author/creator | Sainsbury, Peter (Producer), producer. |
| Other author/creator | Kasander, Kees producer. |
| Other author/creator | Ferréol, Andréa, 1947- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Deacon, Eric, 1950- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Deacon, Brian, 1949- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Barber, Frances, 1958- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Ackland, Joss, 1928- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Davidson, Jim, 1953- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Brulet, Agnès, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Tilborgh, Guusje van, 1952- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Thoolen, Gerard, 1943-1996, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Campbell, Ken, 1941-2008, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Kahler, Wolf actor. |
| Other author/creator | Palmer, Geoffrey, 1927-2020 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Attenborough, David, 1926- narrator. |
| Other author/creator | British Film Institute. |
| Other author/creator | Allarts (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Artificial Eye (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Film Four International. |
| Other author/creator | VPRO. |
| Other author/creator | Zeitgeist Films. |
| Portion of title |
Zed & two noughts |
| Variant title |
Zed and two noughts |
| Contents |
Accident -- How fast does a woman decompose? -- Looking for a red herring -- Prawns and butterflies -- Egg-bound -- Oliver's breakfast -- Great reputation for stitching -- Personal view of evolution -- Alba's imprisonment -- Father(s) -- Symmetry is all -- Below the ears, at the shoulder -- Felipe Arc-en-Ciel -- Woman and an apple -- Incubation -- Swan's triumph -- Elephant never forgets -- Nine months -- End credits. |
| Abstract |
Oliver and Oswald Deuce, twin zoologists, lose their wives when a swan collides with their car. The driver of the vehicle and only survivor of the crash, Alba Bedwich loses her leg in the tragedy. As the only connection the brothers have to the deceased, they obsess over her. When Alba can't give a reason for the women's deaths, they turn to science for answers, holing up in the zoo to research the origins of life and its decay after death, hoping to find a clue to the human condition. They study the origins of life passively, watching documentaries on evolution. For decay, however, they acquire dead animals from the zoo and film their natural decomposition processes with time-lapse photography. Through coping with their grief, the twins become closer than they've ever been--they don't realize how close--until Alba reveals that she's pregnant with her own set of twins and the father is both of them. |
| General note | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. |
| General note | Special features: Introduction by Peter Greenaway [featurette] (7 min.); Peter Greenaway commentary [audio feature]; Selected scenes from "?O, zoo!: the making of a fiction film" [featurette] (7 min.); Decay sequences [featurette] (5 min.); Snail sketches [slide show]; Theatrical trailer (3 min.); insert includes essays "A Zed and Two Noughts: Fearful symmetries and taxonomic schemes" by Jonathan Marlow and "The troubled offspring: a filmmaker's perspective" by Peter Greenaway. |
| Credits | Director of photography, Sacha Vierny ; production designers, Ben van Os & Jan Roelfs ; film editor, John Wilson ; music by, Michael Nyman ; singer, Sarah Leonard. |
| Cast |
Andrea Ferréol (Alba Bewick), Eric Deacon (Oliver Deuce), Brian Deacon (Oswald Deuce), Frances Barber (Venus de Milo), Joss Ackland (Van Hoyten), Jim Davidson (Joshua Plate), Agnès Brulet (Beta Bewick), Guusje van Tilborgh (Caterina Boines), Gerard Thoolen (Van Meegeren), Ken Campbell (Stephen Pipe), Wolf Kahler (Filipe Arc-en-Ciel), Geoffrey Palmer (Fallast), David Attenborough (narrator). |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated. Viewers should be aware, however, that Peter Greenaway's films are infamous for pervasive nudity, sexual activity. |
| Technical details | DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition. |
| Language | In English with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Comedy films. |
| Genre/form | Melodrama. |
| Genre/form | Melodrama. |
| Genre/form | Dark comedy films. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Genre/form | Dark comedy Feature. |
| Genre/form | Melodrama Feature. |
| UPC |
795975109734 |
| Publisher number | Z1097 Zeitgeist Films |
| Stock number | Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com |
