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Summary:

Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.

Contributors:

Bayona, J. A. (Juan Antonio) , film director

Atienza, Belén , film producer

Ness, Patrick, 1971- , screenwriter

Faura, Óscar , director of photography

Velázquez, Fernando, 1976- , composer

Vilaplana, Bernat , editor of moving image work

Martí, Jaume, 1975- , editor of moving image work

Caballero, Eugenio, 1972- , production designer

Noble, Steven, 1967- , costume designer

MacDougall, Lewis, 2002- , actor

Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- , actor

Jones, Felicity , actor

Kebbell, Toby , actor

Neeson, Liam , voice actor

Moor, Ben, 1969- , actor

Melville, James , actor

Lim, Jennifer, 1980- , actor

Dowd, Siobhan , contributor

Focus Features , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Participant Media , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

River Road Entertainment (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Apaches Entertainment (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Telecinco Cinema , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

La Trini (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

English
Spanish
French

Language Notes:

English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; English SDH described video.

Main Work:

Monster calls (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Monster calls [by Ness, P.]

Related Series:

Focus Features clearly original

Subjects:

Monsters — Drama

Mothers and sons — Drama

Schools — Drama

Single-parent families — Drama

England — Drama

Monsters

Mothers and sons

Schools

Single-parent families

England

Genres:

Motion pictures

Fantasy films

Feature films

Film adaptations

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities

Drama

System Details:

DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1; Described video; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo; dual layer.

Performers:

Cast: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, and Liam Neeson as The Monster ; Ben Moor, James Melville, Jennifer Lim.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Óscar Faura ; production designer, Eugenio Caballero ; editors, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaume Martí ; music, Fernando Velázquez ; costume designer, Steven Noble.

General Notes:

Title from title frame.
Based upon the children's novel by Patrick Ness from an original idea from Siobhan Dowd.
Orignally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Special features: Deleted scenes, The making of "A monster calls", Making of the tales, English feature commentary with writer Patrick Ness, Spanish feature commentary with director J.A. Bayona.

Audience:

Rating: PG-13; for thematic content and some scary images.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (109 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; stereo; Dolby Digital 5.1; Dolby Digital 2.0

Film Characteristics:

wide screen

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

MON 2016 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 025192395963
Universal Product Code: 025192364693
Publisher Number, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment: 2066578
Publisher Number, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment: 62180096

OCLC Numbers:

972351099