North country / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Participant Productions ; a Nick Wechlser production ; a Niki Caro Film ; produced by Nick Wechsler ; screenplay by Michael Seitzman ; directed by Niki Caro.
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FilmLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publisher: [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video, [2006]Description: 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscISBN: 1419802321Subject(s): Women iron and steel workers -- Minnesota -- Drama | Sexual harassment of women -- Minnesota -- Drama | Steel-works -- Minnesota -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. | Suspense films. | Films for the hearing impaired. | Melodramas (Motion pictures) DDC classification: 791.43/72 LOC classification: PN1995.9.W6 | N6784 2006Production 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, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, 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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Full screen.
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.
For private home use only.
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.
Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek.
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.
DVD.
English (Dolby Surround 5.1) or French (Dolby Surround 5.1) language tracks with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed captioned.
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