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Snowpiercer [videorecording (DVD)] / producers, Tae Sung Jeong, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-Wook, Lee Tae Hun ; directed by Bong Joon Ho.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 211260DV | eOne. Language: English, Korean Original language: English Publisher: [Toronto] : distributed by Entertainment One, [2014]Description: 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, colourSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Radius-TWC, the Weinstein Company and CJ Entertainment present ; in association with Union Investment Partners ; producers, Tae Sung Jeong, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-Wook, Lee Tae Hun ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho ; screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson ; directed by Bong Joon Ho ; music by Marco Baltrami.
Chris Evans, Song Kang Ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ko Asung, John Hurt, Ed Harris.Summary: The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride.
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA SNOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001037218

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Based on the graphic novel "Le transperceneige" by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.

Special features: Critics' commentary hosted by Scott Weinbert; The birth of Snowpiercer; The characters; animated prologue; Concept art galleries; Chris Evans & Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer; The train brought to life: behind the scenes of a special screening; Transper ceneige: from the blank page to the black screen.

Radius-TWC, the Weinstein Company and CJ Entertainment present ; in association with Union Investment Partners ; producers, Tae Sung Jeong, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-Wook, Lee Tae Hun ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho ; screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson ; directed by Bong Joon Ho ; music by Marco Baltrami.

Chris Evans, Song Kang Ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ko Asung, John Hurt, Ed Harris.

The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride.

Canadian Home Video rating: 14A.

Home use only.

English, French or Korean dialogue; with optional English, English (SDH) or French (SDH) subtitles.

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