Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Based on the novel by Philip Roth.

Special features: behind-the-scenes featurette; extended 'Crow' scene; tribute to cinematographer Jean-Yves Escoffier.

Director of photography, Jean Yves Escoffier ; editor, Christopher Tellefsen ; music, Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Rita Ryack ; production designer, David Gropman.

Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise, Wentworth Miller, Jacinda Barrett, Harry Lennix, Clark Gregg.

Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming made public.

MPAA rating: R; for language and sexuality/nudity.

DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

English or dubbed French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.