Title Sweet land / LaSalle Holland presents a film by Ali Selim in association with I20 dB Films ; Beautiful Motion Pictures in association with Libermania and Channel Z Films ; producers Jim Bigham, Alan Cumming, Ali Selim ; written and directed by Ali Selim.

Publication Info.	Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2005]
	©2007

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Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	DVD SWEET	Check Shelf
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD SWEET LAND	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD SWEET LAND	Check Shelf
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Media Room	DVD SWE	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD SWEET	Check Shelf
Granby, Main Library - Drama	DRAMA DVD SWE	Check Shelf
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD SWEET LAND	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD	DVD SWEET	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD SWEET LAND c.2	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	AD DVD SWEET	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.
Cast	Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Lois Smith, Ned Beatty, Alan Cumming, Alex Kingston, John Heard, Paul Sand, Stephen Pelinski, Patrick Heusinger.
Credits	Cinematographer, David Tumblety ; editor, James Stanger ; composer, Mark Orton ; costume designer, Eden Miller ; production deisgner, James R. Bakkom ; art director, Emily Davis.
Note	Inspired by the short story "A gravestone made of wheat" by Will Weaver.
	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.
Audience	MPAA rating: PG; for brief partial nudity and mild language.
Summary	Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand.
Note	Special features: Commentary by cast and crew ; 'Sweet Land : a labor of love story' featurette ; Theatrical trailer.
Language	English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Mail order brides -- Minnesota -- Drama.
	Norwegians -- Minnesota -- Drama.
	Man-woman relationships -- Minnesota -- Drama.
	Scandinavian Americans -- Minnesota -- Drama.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Drama.
	Minnesota -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Feature films.
	Melodrama.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Romance -- Feature.
	Melodrama -- Feature.
	Feature films.
	Love stories.
	Melodrama.
Added Author	Reaser, Elizabeth, 1975- Actor.
	Guinee, Tim. Actor.
	Smith, Lois, 1930- Actor.
	Beatty, Ned. Actor.
	Cumming, Alan, 1965- Actor. Producer.
	Kingston, Alex. Actor.
	Heard, John, 1946-2017. Actor.
	Sand, Paul, 1935- Actor.
	Heusinger, Patrick. Actor.
	Bigham, James. Producer.
	Selim, Ali. Screenwriter. Director.
	LaSalle Holland (Firm)
	Beautiful Motion Pictures (Firm)
	Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Note	Title on container: Sweet land : a love story
Standard No.	024543449744 50
Music No.	2244974 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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