DVD
Eastern promises
Record details
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Physical Description:
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
videorecording - Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Home Entertainment, c2007.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. Special features: Secrets and stories: see how director David Cronenberg brought the screenplay to life in the dark and forbidding streets of London; Marked for life: director David Cronenberg reveals the hidden history behind Russian tattoos as well as their complex symbolism and unique visual storytelling. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl. |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R; strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Language Note: | English or dubbed French dialogue, Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
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| Subject: | DVDs Video recordings |
| Genre: | Feature films. Gangster films. Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
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Available copies
- 8 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 2 copies available at Creston Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creston Public Library | DVD FIC EAS (Text)
Acquisition Type: Donated |
35140001210817 | Fiction Videos | Not holdable | Lost | 2021-12-28 |
| Creston Public Library | DVD FIC EAS (Text)
Acquisition Type: Donated |
35140001293029 | Fiction Videos | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A midwife seeks answers after a patient dies giving birth, and her search leads her to an organized crime family in London. - Universal Studios Home Entert.
The new thriller reteaming acclaimed director David Cronenberg with his A History of Violence leading man Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises is written by Steve Knight (Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Dirty Pretty Things). As in the earlier film, director and star together explore the psyche, physicality, and fortunes of a man whose true nature may never be wholly revealed. The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin (Mr. Mortensen) is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon (Academy Award nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl), whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family's fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill (Vincent Cassel), who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova (Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts), a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl's personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna's mother Helen (Sinead Cusack) does not discourage her, but Anna's irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan (Jerzy Skolimowski) urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives â including his own â hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.
