| Edition |
Full screen edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek. |
| 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. |
| Note |
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. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: Deleted scenes; documentaries. |
| Language |
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Women iron and steel workers -- Minnesota -- Drama.
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Sexual harassment of women -- Minnesota -- Drama.
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Steel-works -- Minnesota -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Melodrama.
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Women -- Feature.
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Suspense films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Caro, Niki, 1967-
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Theron, Charlize.
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Peterson, Elle, 1999-
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Curtis, Thomas, 1991-
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McDormand, Frances.
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Bean, Sean.
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Menges, Chris, 1940-
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Santaolalla, Gustavo.
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Bingham, Clara
Class action.
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Leedy, Laura.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419802321 |
| Standard No. |
012569593398 |
| Music No. |
59339 Warner Home Video |
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