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The giver [DVD]

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 211209DV | eOneLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2014.Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cmOther title:

French title from container: Le Passeur [videorecording (DVD)]

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The Weinstein Company and Walden Media presents a Tonik/As Is Productions production ; produced by Nikki Silver, Jeff Bridges, Neil Koeningsbert ; screenplay by Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide ; directed by Phillip Noyce.

Cast: Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep with Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Cameron Monaghan, Odeya Rush and Emma Tremblay.Summary: "The story of The Giver centres on Jonas, a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colourless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver, 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."--Container.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
J DVD	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	Fiction	J DVD 9-18 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003232544

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Based on the book by Lois Lowry.

Videodisc release of the 2014 motion picture.

"Search for the truth: find freedom."--Container.

Bilingual packaging (English/French).

The Weinstein Company and Walden Media presents a Tonik/As Is Productions production ; produced by Nikki Silver, Jeff Bridges, Neil Koeningsbert ; screenplay by Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide ; directed by Phillip Noyce.

Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep with Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Cameron Monaghan, Odeya Rush and Emma Tremblay.

"The story of The Giver centres on Jonas, a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colourless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver, 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."--Container.