Title Atanarjuat = The fast runner / Igloolik Isuma Productions presents a National Film Board of Canada co-production ; producers, Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk ; writer, Paul Apak Angilirq ; director, Zacharias Kunuk.

Publication Info.	Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2003]
	©2000

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Edition	Widescreen version (1.85:1).
Description	1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, 5.1 Dolby digital, Region 1 encoding.
Cast	Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Eugene Ipkarnak, Pakak Innuksuk.
Credits	Director of photography, Norman Cohn ; editors, Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Marie-Christine Sarda ; original music, Chris Crilly ; design, James Ungalaaq.
Note	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Audience	MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality/nudity and violence.
Form	Also issued on VHS.
Summary	A small nomadic community is cursed by an unknown shaman. When Atanarjuat falls in love with a woman already promised to the son of the clan's leader, he has to fight for her. She is won by Atanarjuat and the leader plots to attack him in his sleep. Escaping, he sets off running across the ice, embarking on a harrowing adventure of survival in the brutal wilderness. He returns stronger and wiser to reclaim his life and stop the curse that has divided his people.
Note	Special features: theatrical trailers.
Awards	Cannes Film Festival, 2001; Golden Camera (Zacharias Kunuk)
	Genie Awards, 2002: Claude Jutra Award (Zacharias Kunuk); Genie Best Achievement in Direction (Zacharias Kunuk); Best Achievement in Editing (Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk, Marie-Christine Sarda); Best Achievement in Music - Original Score (Chris Crilly); Best Motion Picture (Norman Cohn, Paul Apak Angilirq, Zacharias Kunuk, Germaine Ying-Gee Wong); Best Screenplay (Paul Apak Angilirq)
Language	Inuktitut dialogue, English subtitles.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Indians -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
	Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
	Wilderness survival -- Drama.
Local Subject	Indigenous people -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Added Author	Angilirq, Paul Apak, 1954-1998.
	Cohn, Norman.
	Kunuk, Zacharias.
	Ungalaq, Natar, 1959-
	Ivalu, Sylvia.
	Arnatsiaq, Peter Henry.
	Tulugarjuk, Lucy.
	Ivalu, Madeline.
	Qulitalik, Pauloosie.
	Ipkarnak, Eugene.
	Innuksuk, Pakak.
	Sarda, Marie-Christine.
	Crilly, Chris.
	Ungalaaq, James.
	Igloolik Isuma Productions.
	National Film Board of Canada.
	Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title	Fast runner
ISBN	1404923039
	9781404923034
Standard No.	043396002357
Music No.	00234 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

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