Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The pledge / Morgan Creek Productions, Inc. and Franchise Pictures present a Clyde Is Hungry Films/Michael Fitzgerald production ; produced by Michael Fitzgerald, Sean Penn, Elie Samaha ; screenplay by Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski ; directed by Sean Penn.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2001]

Description:

1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video Region 1

Summary:

A veteran police detective, on the day of his retirement, handles the case of a seven-year-old girl who has been brutally murdered. When a mentally retarded man confesses to the murder and then kills himself, the detectives consider the case closed, but was he actually the murderer? Before long evidence is uncovered that suggests the girl was just one in a series of brutal killings involving young girls and a mysterious man.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and language ; CHV rating: 14A.

Subjects:

Detective and mystery plays.

Criminal investigation -- Drama.

Murder -- Drama.

Serial murders -- Drama.

Genre:

Detective and mystery films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Cassidy, Jay.

Zimmer, Hans.

Badelt, Klaus.

Penn, Sean, 1960-

Kromolowski, Jerzy.

Kromolowski, Mary Olson.

Fitzgerald, Michael.

Samaha, Elie, 1955-

Nicholson, Jack.

Clarkson, Patricia.

Eckhart, Aaron.

Toro, Benicio del, 1967-

Mirren, Helen.

Wright, Robin, 1966-

Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-

Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017.

Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-2017.

Menges, Chris, 1940-

Dürrenmatt, Friedrich. Versprechen.

Morgan Creek Productions.

Franchise Pictures (Firm)

Clyde Is Hungry Films.

Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Notes:

Based on the book by Friedrich Durrenmatt.

Special features: theatrical trailer.

For private home use only.

Director of photography, Chris Menges; editor, Jay Cassidy ; music, Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt ; costume designer, Jill O'Hanneson ; production designer, Bill Groom.

Jack Nicholson, Patricia Clarkson, Benicio Del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard, Harry Dean Stanton.

DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.

English or French dialogue with optional English or French subtitles. Closed-captioned.

Contents:

Language: English Dolby surround 5.1 ; French (dubbed in Quebec) Dolby surround 5.1 -- Subtitles: English ; French.

ISBN:

0790758067

9780790758060

9991250034

9789991250038

Publisher Number:

19053

Other Number:

47638887

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

845087

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Pledge