Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The possession [videorecording] / Lionsgate and Ghost House Pictures ; produced by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, J.R. Young ; written by Juliet Snowden & Stiles White ; directed by Ole Bornedal.

Publisher, Date:

Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2013]

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Clyde and Stephanie Brenek see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em's behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a Dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic material involving violence and disturbing sequences.

Subjects:

Demoniac possession -- Drama.

Spirits -- Drama.

Girls -- Drama.

Jewish mythology -- Drama.

Posesión demoníaca -- Teatro.

Espíritus -- Teatro.

Muchachas -- Teatro.

Horror films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Raimi, Sam.

Bornedal, Ole.

Tapert, Robert (Robert G.)

Young, J. R.

Snowden, Juliet, 1966-

White, Stiles.

Sedgwick, Kyra.

Morgan, Jeffrey Dean, 1966-

Brazeau, Jay, 1953-

Ghost House Pictures (Firm)

Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)

Notes:

"Based on a true story"--Container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

Special features: audio commentary with director Ole Bornedal ; audio commentary with writers Juliet Snowden and Stiles White ; the real history of the Dibbuk box ; theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Dan Laustsen ; editors, Eric L. Beason ; music, Anton Sanko.

Kyra Sedgwick, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jay Brazeau, Natasha Calis.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1, 16x9) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.

English or Spanish dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

ISBN:

9786314909468

Publisher Number:

36348

Other Number:

820736263

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

344742

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Possessi

Medium:

[videorecording]