| Edition |
Widescreen edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1, widescreen format, Dolby digital surround 5.1, Dual-layer format. |
| Cast |
Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Monaghan, Thomas Curtis, Woody Harrelson, 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 Gansler. |
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Videodisc release of a 2005 motion picture. |
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Special features: making-of documentary: Stories from the North country; additional scenes; theatrical trailer. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language. |
| Language |
English or dubbed French language track with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Bingham, Clara -- Film adaptations.
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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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Sexual harassment -- Minnesota -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Wechsler, Nick. Producer.
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Caro, Niki, 1967- Director.
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Seitzman, Michael, 1967- Screenwriter.
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Theron, Charlize. Actor.
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Curtis, Thomas, 1991- Actor.
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McDormand, Frances. Actor.
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Bean, Sean. Actor.
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Jenkins, Richard, 1947- Actor.
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Renner, Jeremy. Actor.
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Monaghan, Michelle. Actor.
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Harrelson, Woody. Actor.
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Spacek, Sissy. Actor.
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Menges, Chris, 1940- Cinematographer.
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Santaolalla, Gustavo. Composer.
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Bingham, Clara
Class action.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
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Participant Productions.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
012569804388 |
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141980233X |
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9781419802331 |
| Standard No. |
012569593404 |
| Music No. |
59340 Warner Home Video |
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