Edition |
Widescreen edition. |
Description |
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC. |
Cast |
Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yusuke Isea, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar, Maury Chaykin, Mitchell Nye, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal. |
Credits |
Cinematography, César Charlone ; editor, Daniel Rezende ; original score by Marco Antônio Guimarães/Uakti. |
Event |
DVD release of the 2008 motion picture. |
Note |
Based on the novel "Ensaio sobre a cegueira" by José Saramago. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity. |
Summary |
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of 'white blindness.' Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where societal norms quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hording the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. Inside the hospital is one eyewitness to the nightmare. Following her husband into the hospital, a woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague goes into quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become like a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city. Their voyage is fraught with danger, but their survival is a reflection of the depth of the human spirit. |
Note |
Special features: "A Vision of Blindness" making of Blindness documentary; deleted scenes. |
Language |
English dialogue with optional English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Blindness -- Drama.
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Feigned blindness -- Drama.
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Plague -- Drama.
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Criminal behavior -- Drama.
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Isolation (Hospital care) -- Drama.
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Blindness -- psychology -- Fictional Works.
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Disease Outbreaks -- Fictional Works.
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Survival -- psychology -- Fictional Works.
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Quarantine -- psychology -- Fictional Works.
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Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Added Author |
Ribeiro, Andrea Barata.
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Fichman, Niv.
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Sakai, Sonoko.
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McKellar, Don, 1963-
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Meirelles, Fernando.
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Moore, Julianne.
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Ruffalo, Mark.
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Braga, Alice.
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Isea, Yusuke.
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Kimura, Yoshino, 1976-
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Chaykin, Maury.
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Nye, Mitchell.
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Glover, Danny.
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García Bernal, Gael, 1978-
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Guimarães, Marco Antônio, 1948-
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Uakti (Musical group)
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Saramago, José
Ensaio sobre a cegueira.
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Rhombus Media (Firm)
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02 Filmes (Firm)
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Bee Vine Pictures (Firm)
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Miramax Films.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
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ISBN |
0788892428 |
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9780788892424 |
Standard No. |
786936775129 |
Music No. |
058413 Miramax Films |
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