Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The box [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Radar Pictures and Media Rights Capital, a Darko Entertainment production, a Richard Kelly film ; produced by Sean McKittrick, Richard Kelly and Dan Lin ; written for the screen and directed by Richard Kelly.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]

Description:

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Norma and Arthur Lewis are a suburban couple with a young child. After Arthur losses his job, they receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. Arlington Steward is a mysterious stranger who delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, by pressing this button it will simultaneously cause the death of another person somewhere in the world, someone they don't know. With 24 hours to decide, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images.

Subjects:

Ethics -- United States -- Drama.

Married people -- Conduct of life -- Drama.

Wooden boxes -- United States -- Drama.

Dilemma -- United States -- Drama.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Science fiction films.

Horror films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.