The Giver [DVD] / directed by Phillip Noyce ; screenplay by Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide ; produced by Nikki Silver, Jeff Bridges, Neil Koenigsberg ; executive producer, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Ron Burkle ; executive producers, Dylan Sellers, Ralph Winter, Alison Owen, Scooter Braun ; The Weinstein Company and Walden Media present a Tonik/As Is Productions production ; in association with Yucaipa Films.
Format:
[DVD] /
Publisher:
Anchor Bay Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Bonus: Highlights from the original script reading featuring Lloyd Bridges; Making The Giver: from page to screen; Jonas' harrowing journey (extended scene); "Ordinary human" featurette with OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder; Author Lois Lowry on The Giver; Study guide. Based on the book by Lois Lowry. Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan, Taylor Swift, Emma Tremblay.
Summary:
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
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