Children of men
DVD - 2007
London, 2027. Humanity has become infertile and no child has been born for 18 years. Science is at loss to explain the reason. Immigration is a crime and refugees are caged like animals. African and East European societies have collapsed and their dwindling populations are migrating toward England and other wealthy nations. In this climate of nationalistic violence, a London peace activist turned bureaucrat, Theo Faron, joins forces with Julian, his revolutionary ex-wife, in order to save mankind by protecting a woman who has mysteriously became pregnant. These three set out on a desperate struggle to deliver the world's only pregnant woman to the Human Project with hope that they can discover the cure for global infertility.
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- Genres
- Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Universal City, Calif. :
Universal Pictures
2007.
- Language
- English
French
Spanish - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Widescreen [ed.]
- Item Description
- Based on the book by P.D. James.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: 'The possibility of hope' : Alfonso Cuarón's documentary on how the revolutionary themes in 'Children of men' relate to our modern-day society ; 'Under attack' : discover how the filmmakers created the film's most dangerous scenes ; 'Children of men' comments by Slavoj Zizek ; Deleted scenes; 'Theo & Julian' : get the inside story from Clive Owen and Julianne Moore ; Futuristic design : from concept to creation, see how director Alfonso Cuarón's dynamic vision of the future was brought to life. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD)(110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, language, some drug use and brief nudity.
- Awards
- Venice Film Festival, 2006: Golden Osella - Outstanding Technical Contribution (Emmanuel Lubezki) ; Laterna Magica Prize (Alfonso Cuarón).
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; editors, Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez ; original music by John Tavener ; costume designer, Jany Temime ; production designers, Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland ; special effects supervisor, Paul Corbould ; visual effects supervisors, Frazer Churchill, Timothy Webber.