Uniform Title Nim's island (Motion picture)

Title Nim's island / Walden Media presents a Paula Mazur production ; directed by Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett ; screenplay by Joseph Kwong & Paula Mazur and Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett ; produced by Paula Mazur ; co-producers, Alan Bell, Murray Pope ; Selkie Productions.

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Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2008.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level	DVD FAMILY FILM NIM'S ISLAND c.2	Check Shelf
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department	J DVD NIM	Check Shelf
East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department	J DVD NIM'S ISLAND	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	PG J DVD NIM	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department	CH DVD NIM'S	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Children's Audio-Visual Materials	JDVD NIM'S ISLAND	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - Children's Department	J DVD N	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department	J DVD NIM'S	Check Shelf

Edition	Full screen.
Description	1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, NTSC; region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Cast	Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Michael Carman, Mark Brady, Anthony Simcoe, Christopher Baker, Maddison Joyce, Peter Callan, Rhonda Doyle.
Credits	Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, Stuart Levy ; music, Patrick Doyle ; costume designer, Jeffrey Kurland ; production designer, Barry Robinson.
Note	Based on the novel "Nim's Island" by Wendy Orr.
	Special features: commentary with writer and directors Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett; commentary with Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin; "Nim's friends" featurette; "Abigail's journey" featurette; "Working on water" featurette; deleted scenes; theatrical trailers.
Summary	Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her island. Now, the two must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer the island.
Audience	MPAA rating: PG; for mild adventure action and brief language.
Language	English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Orr, Wendy, 1953- -- Film adaptations.
	Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
	Women authors, American -- Drama.
	Electronic mail messages -- Drama.
	Island ecology -- Drama.
	Fictitious characters -- Drama.
	Electronic mail systems -- Drama.
	Characters and characteristics in literature -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Action and adventure films.
	Comedy films.
	Children's films.
	Film adaptations.
	Feature films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Mazur, Paula. Producer. Screenwriter.
	Bell, Alan Edward. Producer.
	Pope, Murray. Producer.
	Kwong, Joseph. Screenwriter.
	Levin, Mark, 1965- Director. Screenwriter.
	Flackett, Jennifer. Director. Screenwriter.
	Breslin, Abigail, 1996- Actor.
	Foster, Jodie. Actor.
	Butler, Gerard, 1969- Actor.
	Orr, Wendy, 1953- Nim's Island.
	Walden Media.
	Selkie Productions.
	Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Standard No.	024543527640
Music No.	2252764 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

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