Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Sweet country / Samuel Goldwyn Films ; Screen Australia and South Australian Film Corporation and Create NSW in association with Screen Territory, Memento Films International and Adelaide Film Festival present ; a Bunya production ; a Warwick Thornton film ; directed by Warwick Thornton ; produced by Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey ; screenplay by David Tranter and Steven McGregor.

Publisher, Date:

Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2018]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighboring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defense.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: R; for violence, bloody images and for language throughout.

Subjects:

Indigenous peoples -- Drama.

Self-defense -- Drama.

Murder -- Drama.

Justice -- Drama.

Genre:

Action and adventure films.

Crime films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Historical films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Thornton, Warwick, film director, cinematographer.

Simpkin, Greer, film producer.

Jowsey, David (Motion picture producer), film producer.

Tranter, David, screenwriter.

McGregor, Steven, screenwriter.

Brown, Bryan, 1947- actor.

Morris, Hamilton, actor.

Wright, Thomas M., 1983- actor.

Leslie, Ewen, 1980- actor.

John, Gibson, actor.

Gorey-Furber, Natassia, actor.

Day, Matt, 1971- actor.

Finsterer, Anni, actor.

Doolan, Tremayne, actor.

Doolan, Trevon, actor.

Neill, Sam, actor.

Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm), film distributor.

Screen Australia, presenter.

South Australian Film Corporation, presenter.

Create NSW (Firm), presenter.

Screen Territory (Firm), presenter.

Memento Films, presenter.

Adelaide Film Festival (Organization), presenter.

Bunya Productions, production company.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Anamorphic wide screen (2.40:1)

Includes trailers.

Editor, Nick Meyers ; director of photography, Warwick Thornton

Bryan Brown, Hamilton Morris, Thomas M. Wright, Ewen Leslie, Gibson John, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Matt Day, Anni Finsterer, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, Sam Neill.

DVD, region1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; English 5.1 Dolby digital, stereo.

English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); closed-captioned.

ISBN:

9786317354487 : DVD

6317354480 : DVD

Publisher Number:

53101

3874394

Other Number:

1037951775

System Availability:

3

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

3

Control Number:

732620

# Local items in:

3

# System items in:

3

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Sweet co