North country [videorecording] / [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Participant Productions ; produced by Nick Wechsler ; screenplay by Michael Seitzman ; directed by Niki Caro.

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 59340 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2006.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

141980233X
9781419802331

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DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

CM DVD 00609

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.

Cast: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Monaghan, Thomas Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Sissy Spacek.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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso)	CM DVD 00609 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000035381

DVD format; recorded in Dolby digital surround 5.1; Dual-layer format.

English or dubbed French language track with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned.

Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Monaghan, Thomas Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Sissy Spacek.

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.

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 Gansler.

Videodisc release of a 2005 motion picture.

Special features: making-of documentary: Stories from the North country; additional scenes; theatrical trailer.

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.

MPAA rating: R; for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.

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