DVD

North country / Warner Bros. ; Industry Entertainment ; Participant Productions ; Nick Wechsler Productions ; produced by Nana Greenwald, Jeff Skoll, Nick Wechsler ; screenplay by Michael Seitzman ; directed by Niki Caro.

Caro, Niki, 1967- (Added Author). Theron, Charlize. (Added Author). Peterson, Elle, 1999- (Added Author). Curtis, Thomas, 1991- (Added Author). McDormand, Frances. (Added Author). Bean, Sean. (Added Author). Menges, Chris, 1940- (Added Author). Santaolalla, Gustavo. (Added Author). Bingham, Clara. (Added Author). Leedy, Laura. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek. (Cast).

Summary:

Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case for fear that things will only get worse. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S. - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Record details

ISBN: 141980233X
ISBN: 1419802321
ISBN: 012569804388
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 123-126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen edition.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. Based on the book "Class action: the story of Lois Jensen and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law" by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Special features: Deleted scenes; documentaries.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Chris Menges ; art director, Gregory S. Hooper ; editor, David Coulson ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Richard Hoover ; visual effects supervisor, Eric Durst.
Participant or Performer Note:	Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R; for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.