Frozen river /
Saved in:
| Uniform title: | Frozen river (Motion picture) |
|---|---|
| Imprint: | Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009] |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | DVD Video |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8210364 |
| Summary: | A desperate single mother living in upstate New York resorts to smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States as a means of making ends meet in first-time feature director/screenwriter Courtney Hunt's emotionally wrenching drama, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Ray Eddy is in an impossible position; it's two days before Christmas and her husband has suddenly disappeared with all of the family savings. Now, as the newly single mother of two realizes the futility of attempting to cover the house payments on her meager Yankee One Dollar Store wages, her children are forced to exist on a nutritionally devoid diet of popcorn and Tang. Deciding that her only hope for survival is to find a man who will support her and her children, Ray sets out to find a husband but instead makes the acquaintance of street-smart Mohawk Lila Littlewolf. Lila, too, has been struggling to keep her head above water amidst economic despair, and has recently stumbled across a rather unconventional solution to her dire financial situation. Lately, Lila has been earning a living by smuggling illegal immigrants into the U.S., but her tribal elders vehemently disapprove of the scheme and have recently attempted to stop it by forbidding the local auto dealers from selling her a car. As fate would have it, Ray's Dodge Spirit may just be the only thing the destitute mother can count on anymore, and as this unlikely pair gas up the tank for a daring dash across the iced-over St. Lawrence River, their fates become forever intertwined in ways that neither could have ever anticipated. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | "Sony Pictures classics"--Opening frame. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Layout and design Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc., 2009. Special features: commentary with the director and producers; theatrical trailer; previews. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for some language. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Reed Dawson Morano ; editor, Kate Williams ; music, Peter Golub, Shahzad Ali Ismaily. |
| ISBN: | 1435928954 9781435928954 |
