Title:
The giver
Author:
Noyce, Phillip, film director.
Publication Information:
[Burbank, California] : Starz Media, [2014]
Beverly HIlls, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, LLC,
© 2014
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
General Note:
Title from disc surface.
Special features: Original script reading featuring Lloyd Bridges ; Making the Giver ; Jonas' harrowing journey ; Press conference with filmmakers and cast ; Ordinary human ; Interview with author Lois Lowry ; Study guide.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
Rating: PG-13; for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence.
Added Corporate Author:
UPC:
013132617473
Format :
Blu-Ray
