The handmaid's tale : season one [DVD] / MGM presents an MGM and Hulu production ; Daniel Wilson Productions, Inc. ; The Littlefield Company ; White Oak Pictures ; MGM Television ; Hulu Originals ; produced by Joseph Boccia ; producers, Margaret Atwood, Elisabeth Moss ; created by Bruce Miller.
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.
Record details
- ISBN: 9786317122536 : DVD
- ISBN: 6317122539 : DVD
- Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (525 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen edition.
- Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2018]
- Copyright: 2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. Special features: Script to screen : the salvaging ; Hope in Gilead. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1: Offred / director, Reed Morano, writer, Bruce Miller ; Birth day / director, Reed Morano, writer, Bruce Miller ; Late / director, Reed Morano, writer, Bruce Miller ; Nolite te bastardes carborundorum / director, Mike Barker, writer, Leila Gerstein -- Disc 2: Faithful / director, Mike Barker, writer, Dorothy Fortenberry ; A woman's place / director, Floria Sigismondi, writer, Wendy Straker Hauser ; The other side / director, Floria Sigismondi, writer, Lynn Renee Maxcy ; Jezebels / director, Kate Dennis, writer, Kira Snyder -- Disc 3: The bridge / director, Kate Dennis, writer, Eric Tuchman ; Night / director, Kari Skogland, writer, Bruce Miller. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O.T. Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley. |
Target Audience Note: | TV rating: TV-MA. |
System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
Language Note: | In English; optional Spanish and French subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); closed-captioned. |
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Subject: | DVDs. Theocracy > Drama. Misogyny > Drama. Pregnancy > Social aspects > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Infertility > Drama. |
Genre: | Television adaptations. Dystopian television programs. Television series. Fiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Available copies
- 2 of 3 copies available at Consortium.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 3 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Aitkin Public Library | DVD HAN (Text) | 32050008406826 | DVD | Available | - |
Sandstone Public Library | DVD HAN (Text) | 32050008516848 | DVD | In transit | - |
Wyoming Area Giese Memorial Library | DVD HAN (Text) | 32050008391192 | DVD | Available | - |