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Eastern promises [DVD] / Focus Features presents in association with BBC Films ; in association with Astral Media, Corus Entertainment and Telefilm Canada a Kudos Pictures/Serendipity Point Films production in association with Scion Films ; produced by Paul Webster, Robert Lantos ; screenplay by Steve Knight ; directed by David Cronenberg.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 62033301 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Home Entertainment, c2007.Edition: [Full screen ed.]Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Denise Cronenberg ; production designer, Carol Spier.
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl.Summary: Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. His carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the death of a teenager while giving birth to a baby, and she resolves to try and trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl has a personal diary, but it is written in Russian. Anna accidentally unleashes the full fury of the crime family, and Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. Hanging in the balance is a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.
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Special features: Secrets and stories; marked for life.

Director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Denise Cronenberg ; production designer, Carol Spier.

Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl.

Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. His carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the death of a teenager while giving birth to a baby, and she resolves to try and trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl has a personal diary, but it is written in Russian. Anna accidentally unleashes the full fury of the crime family, and Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. Hanging in the balance is a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.

MPAA rating: R; strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language, and nudity.

DVD ; Region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, single-sided.

In English or dubbed French, with French or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

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