The giver [videorecording] /
The Weinstein Company and Walden Media presents a Tonik/As Is Productions production ; produced by Nikki Silver, Jeff Bridges, Neil Koeningsbert ; screenplay by Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide ; directed by Phillip Noyce.
- Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2014]
- 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Based on the book by Louis Lowry.
Director of photography, Ross Emery ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; music, Marco Beltrami. Director of photography, Ross Emery ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; music, Marco Beltrami.
Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes.
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
Rated: PG-13; for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence.
Blu-ray, region A, 1080p, widescreen (2.39:1); 5.1 DTSHD-MA.
English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com
Conformity--Drama.
Secrecy--Drama.
PN1997.2 / .G58 2014
791.43/72
Title from container. Based on the book by Louis Lowry.
Director of photography, Ross Emery ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; music, Marco Beltrami. Director of photography, Ross Emery ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; music, Marco Beltrami.
Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes.
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
Rated: PG-13; for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence.
Blu-ray, region A, 1080p, widescreen (2.39:1); 5.1 DTSHD-MA.
English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com
Conformity--Drama.
Secrecy--Drama.
PN1997.2 / .G58 2014
791.43/72