Snowpiercer [Blu-ray] / Radius-TWC, the Weinstein Company and CJ Entertainment present ; in association with Union Investment Partners ; producers, Tae Sung Jeong, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-Wook, Lee Tae Hun ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho ; screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson ; directed by Bong Joon Ho.
Format:
[Blu-ray] /
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Publisher not identified,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
2 videodiscs (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ah-sung Ko, Alison Pill. Based on the graphic novel 'Le transperceneige" by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013. Special features: Critics' commentary hosted by Scott Weinberg; The birth of Snowpiercer; The characters; Animated prologue; Concept art galler; Chris Evans & Tild Swinton on "Snowpiercer"; The train brought to life: behind the scenes of a special screening; Transperceneige: from the blank page to the black screen.
Contents:
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Summary:
The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride.
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