North country
Warner Bros.; Industry Entertainment; Participant Productions; Nick Wechsler Productions; produced by Nana Greenwald, Jeff Skoll, Nick Wechsler; screenplay by Michael Seitzman; directed by Niki Caro
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Edition:
- Widescreen ed.
- Creation:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]
More Details
- Summary:
- Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case for fear that things will only get worse. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S. - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit.
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- English and French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
- Main Work:
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Class action [by Bingham, C.]
- Subjects:
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- Performers:
- Cast: Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Chris Menges ; art director, Gregory S. Hooper ; editor, David Coulson ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Richard Hoover ; visual effects supervisor, Eric Durst.
- General Notes:
- Title from container.
Based on the book "Class action: the story of Lois Jensen and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law" by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: Deleted scenes; documentaries. - Audience:
- MPAA rating: R; for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- NOR 2005 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 141980233X
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 012569593404
Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: 59340 - OCLC Numbers:
- 62460052
