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Title The Children Act / FilmNation Entertainment and BBC Films present ; producer, Duncan Kenworthy ; writer, Ian McEwan ; director, Richard Eyre.

Publication Info. [Santa Monica, California] : Lionsgate, [2018]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  DVD CHILDREN ACT    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD CHILDREN ACT    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Department  DVD CHILDREN ACT    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  DVD CHILDREN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD CHILDREN ACT    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Media Room  DVD CHI    Check Shelf
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Edition Widescreen.
Description 1 videodisc ( approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 rda
video file DVD video region 1
Motion picture
System Details DVD; NTSC Region 1; widescreen 16x9 (1.98:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Credits Original music by Stephen Warbeck; editor, Dan Farrell; director of photography, Andrew Dunn.
Note Widescreen.
Cast Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin, Fionn Whitehead, Rosie Cavaliero, Honey Holmes, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Jason Watkins.
Note Based on the novel by Ian McEwan.
Title from container.
Special features: commentary with the director, writer and producer.
Audience MPAA rating: R; for a sexual reference.
Summary Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London ruling with wisdom and kindness over ethically complicated cases of family law. Fiona is tasked with ruling on the case of Adam, an exceptional boy who is refusing a life-saving blood transfusion. He is three months from his eighteenth birthday and legally still a child. Fiona visits Adam in the hospital and it has an extreme emotional impact on them both.
Subject Great Britain. Children Act 1989 -- Drama.
Children Act 1989 (Great Britain) (OCoLC)fst01376465
Blood -- Transfusion -- Drama.
Health -- Religious aspects -- Jehovah's witness -- Drama.
Jehovah's Witnesses -- Doctrines -- Drama.
Blood -- Transfusion. (OCoLC)fst00834613
Legal drama. (OCoLC)fst01199251
Genre/Form Legal films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Added Author Eyre, Richard, 1943- film director.
Kenworthy, Duncan, film producer.
McEwan, Ian, screenwriter.
Thompson, Emma, actor.
Tucci, Stanley, actor.
Chaplin, Ben, actor.
Whitehead, Fionn, 1997- actor.
Cavaliero, Rosie, actor.
Holmes, Honey, actor.
Amuka-Bird, Nikki, 1976- actor.
Watkins, Jason, 1966- actor.
Warbeck, Stephen, composer.
Farrell, Dan (Film editor), editor of moving image work.
Dunn, Andrew (Andrew William), director of photography.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): McEwan, Ian. Children Act.
Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
FilmNation Entertainment (Firm), production company.
BBC Films, production company.
ISBN 9786317504127
6317504121
Standard No. 031398293972 80
Music No. 55070 Lionsgate
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