| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc ( approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
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digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
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Motion picture |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC Region 1; widescreen 16x9 (1.98:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Note |
English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Credits |
Original music by Stephen Warbeck; editor, Dan Farrell; director of photography, Andrew Dunn. |
| Cast |
Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin, Fionn Whitehead, Rosie Cavaliero, Honey Holmes, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Jason Watkins. |
| Note |
Widescreen. |
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Title from container. |
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Based on the novel by Ian McEwan. |
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Special features: commentary with the director, writer and producer. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for a sexual reference. |
| Summary |
Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London ruling with wisdom and kindness over ethically complicated cases of family law. Fiona is tasked with ruling on the case of Adam, an exceptional boy who is refusing a life-saving blood transfusion. He is three months from his eighteenth birthday and legally still a child. Fiona visits Adam in the hospital and it has an extreme emotional impact on them both. |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Children Act 1989 -- Drama.
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Blood -- Transfusion -- Drama.
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Health -- Religious aspects -- Jehovah's witness -- Drama.
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Jehovah's Witnesses -- Doctrines -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Legal films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Historical films.
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| Added Author |
Eyre, Richard, 1943- film director.
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Kenworthy, Duncan, film producer.
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McEwan, Ian, screenwriter.
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Thompson, Emma, actor.
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Tucci, Stanley, actor.
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Chaplin, Ben, actor.
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Whitehead, Fionn, 1997- actor.
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Cavaliero, Rosie, actor.
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Holmes, Honey, actor.
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Amuka-Bird, Nikki, 1976- actor.
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Watkins, Jason, 1966- actor.
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Warbeck, Stephen, composer.
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Farrell, Dan (Film editor), editor of moving image work.
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Dunn, Andrew (Andrew William), director of photography.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): McEwan, Ian.
Children Act.
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Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
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FilmNation Entertainment (Firm), production company.
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BBC Films, production company.
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| ISBN |
9786317504127 |
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6317504121 |
| Standard No. |
031398293972 : $19.99 |
| Music # |
55070 Lionsgate |
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