The Handmaid's tale (1990)
Record details
- ISBN: 826663174816
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Physical Description:
videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : - Publisher: Los Angles, CA Shout! Factory, c2017
- Copyright: 2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | Cinecom Entertaiment Group presents with Master Partners ; produced by Daniel Wilson ; screenplay by Harold Pinter ; directed by Volker SchlĂśndorff.sound, color ;4 3/4 in.Title from container."MGM."Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood.Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.Issued as part of a Blu-ray + DVD combo pack.Wide screen (1.85:1).Summary: In the not-so-distant future, strong-willed and beautiful Kate possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control: fertility. Forced into a brain-washing boot camp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for social-elite men and their infertile wives, Kate thinks she's made out well when she's assigned to an eminent party leader. But when she learns that he's sterile, she's faced with an impossible choice: produce him an heir or die. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Igor Luther ; film editor, David Ray ; music by Ryuichi Sakamoto. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Natasha Richardson, Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R. |
System Details Note: | DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital stereo. |
Language Note: | English dialogue; English subtitles. |
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Subject: | Infertility -- Drama Man-woman relationships -- Drama Misogyny -- Drama Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- -- Film adaptations |
Genre: | Dystopian films. Science fiction films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Drama. Dystopian films. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Science fiction films. |
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Trail and District Public Library Main Branch | DVD HAN (Text) | 35110001138706 | Adult DVDs | Volume hold | Available | - |