DVD

Snowpiercer.

Harris, Ed, 1950- (Added Author). Hurt, John, 1940-2017 (Added Author). Swinton, Tilda. (Added Author). Bell, Jamie, 1986- (Added Author). Pill, Alison, 1985- (Added Author). Evans, Chris, 1981- (Added Author). Spencer, Octavia. (Added Author). Bremner, Ewen. (Added Author). Ed Harris, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Chris Evans, Alison Pill, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Jamie Bell. (Cast).

Summary:

The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride.

"A rare hybrid that perfectly blends the dazzle of a futuristic action thriller with the intellectual substance of an art film."--USA Today

"An enormously ambitious, visually stunning and richly satisfying futuristic epic."--Variety

"Snowpiercer sucks you into its strange, brave new world so completely..."--Entertainment Weekly

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen edition.
Publisher: [United States] : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	10/21/2014
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Joon-Ho Bong.
Participant or Performer Note:	Ed Harris, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Chris Evans, Alison Pill, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Jamie Bell.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	English audio; English, Spanish subtitles. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.