Salmon fishing in The Yemen CBS Films ; BBC Films ; Lionsgate UK ; UK Film Council ; Kudos Pictures ; Davis Films Productions ; produced by Paul Webster ; written by Simon Beaufoy ; directed by Lasse Hallström.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 40171 | Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Summary language: Spanish, English Original language: English Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2012]Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : BBCCopyright date: ©2011Edition: Widescreen edition (2.40:1)Description: 1 DVD (approximately 107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Audience:
  • Rated PG-13
  • Parental advisory
  • General
Uniform titles:
  • Salmon fishing in The Yemen (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .S25 2012
Contents:
1. The origins of the Yemen Salmon Project -- 2. Extracts from the diary of Dr Alfred Jones: his wedding anniversary -- 3. Feasibility of introducing salmon into the Yemen -- 4. Extracts from the diary of Dr Jones: his meeting with Sheikh Muhammad -- 5. Extracts from the diary of Dr Jones: marital issues may have clouded his judgement -- 6. Correspondence between Captain Robert Matthews and Ms Harriet Chetwode-Talbot -- 7. Press comment -- 8. Intercepts of al-Qaeda email traffic -- 9. Interview with Peter Maxwell, director of communications, prime minister's office -- 10. Transcript of interview with the prime minister, the Rt Hon. Jay Vent MP, on BBC1 The Politics Show -- 11. Continuation of interview with Peter Maxwell -- 12. Email correspondence between David Sugden, NCFE, and Mr Tom Price-Williams, head of fisheries, Environment Agency -- 13. Extract from the diary of Dr Jones: his return to Glen Tulloch -- 14. Interview with Alfred Dr Jones: his meeting with Mr Peter Maxwell and Sheikh Muhammad -- 15. Peter Maxwell is interviewed for the "Time Off" column of the Sunday Telegraph, 4 September -- 16. Interview with Ms Harriet Chetwode-Talbot -- 17. Extract from Hansard -- 18. The termination of the employment contract of Dr Jones -- 19. Correspondence between Captain Robert Matthews and Ms Harriet Chetwode-Talbot -- 20. Intercepts of al-Qaeda email traffic -- 21. Extract from Hansard -- 22. Extracts from the diary of Dr Jones: he visits the Yemen -- 23. Extract from Hansard -- 24. Correspondence between Ms Chetwode-Talbot and herself -- 25. Extract from Peter Maxwell's unpublished autobiography, A Helmsman at the Ship of State -- 26. Script of TV pilot for Prizes for the People -- 27. Extract from Peter Maxwell's unpublished autobiography -- 28. Evidence of a marital crisis between Dr and Mrs Jones -- 29. Interview with Dr Alfred Jones: dinner at the Ritz -- 30. Dr Jones fails to find a date in his diary to meet Mrs Jones -- 31. Extract from Peter Maxwell's unpublished autobiography -- 32. Dr Jones's testimony of events which occurred at the launch of the Yemen salmon project -- 33. Conclusions of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
Production credits:
  • Original music by Dario Marianelli ; director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Lisa Gunning.
Cast: Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Kirstin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked.Summary: A London fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
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Based on the novel by Paul Torday.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

Special features include: Miracles happen: making "Salmon fishing in the Yemen" ; the fisherman in the Middle East: novelist Paul Torday.

1. The origins of the Yemen Salmon Project -- 2. Extracts from the diary of Dr Alfred Jones: his wedding anniversary -- 3. Feasibility of introducing salmon into the Yemen -- 4. Extracts from the diary of Dr Jones: his meeting with Sheikh Muhammad -- 5. Extracts from the diary of Dr Jones: marital issues may have clouded his judgement -- 6. Correspondence between Captain Robert Matthews and Ms Harriet Chetwode-Talbot -- 7. Press comment -- 8. Intercepts of al-Qaeda email traffic -- 9. Interview with Peter Maxwell, director of communications, prime minister's office -- 10. Transcript of interview with the prime minister, the Rt Hon. Jay Vent MP, on BBC1 The Politics Show -- 11. Continuation of interview with Peter Maxwell -- 12. Email correspondence between David Sugden, NCFE, and Mr Tom Price-Williams, head of fisheries, Environment Agency -- 13. Extract from the diary of Dr Jones: his return to Glen Tulloch -- 14. Interview with Alfred Dr Jones: his meeting with Mr Peter Maxwell and Sheikh Muhammad -- 15. Peter Maxwell is interviewed for the "Time Off" column of the Sunday Telegraph, 4 September -- 16. Interview with Ms Harriet Chetwode-Talbot -- 17. Extract from Hansard -- 18. The termination of the employment contract of Dr Jones -- 19. Correspondence between Captain Robert Matthews and Ms Harriet Chetwode-Talbot -- 20. Intercepts of al-Qaeda email traffic -- 21. Extract from Hansard -- 22. Extracts from the diary of Dr Jones: he visits the Yemen -- 23. Extract from Hansard -- 24. Correspondence between Ms Chetwode-Talbot and herself -- 25. Extract from Peter Maxwell's unpublished autobiography, A Helmsman at the Ship of State -- 26. Script of TV pilot for Prizes for the People -- 27. Extract from Peter Maxwell's unpublished autobiography -- 28. Evidence of a marital crisis between Dr and Mrs Jones -- 29. Interview with Dr Alfred Jones: dinner at the Ritz -- 30. Dr Jones fails to find a date in his diary to meet Mrs Jones -- 31. Extract from Peter Maxwell's unpublished autobiography -- 32. Dr Jones's testimony of events which occurred at the launch of the Yemen salmon project -- 33. Conclusions of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

Original music by Dario Marianelli ; director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Lisa Gunning.

Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Kirstin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked.

A London fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

MPAA rating: PG-13, for some violence and sexual content, and brief languag.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Soundtrack in English ; subtitles in English or Spanish ; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) in English.

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