| Uniform Title |
Jacob's ladder (Motion picture : 2019) |
| Title |
Jacob's ladder. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Defiant! Screen Entertainment, ©2019. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (89 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Defiant! Screen Entertainment : DEF2830. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. |
| Based on the screenplay Jacob's Ladder by Bruce Joel Rubin. |
| Remake of the 1990 American film of the same name. |
| ""We thought you were dead" ; "Maybe I was"" -- Container. |
| Credits |
Directed by David M. Rosenthal ; written by Jeff Buhler, Jake Wade Wall, Sarah Thorp. |
| Performers |
Michael Ealy, Jesse Williams, Nikki Beharie. |
| Summary |
After the death of his brother in Afghanistan, Jacob Singer is finally getting his life back together. He has a beautiful wife, a newborn child, and a successful career as a surgeon in a VA hospital. When a stranger approaches him and tells him that his brother is alive and living in an underground shelter with other homeless vets, Jacob's life starts to unravel. He begins hallucinating, believes someone is following him, and becomes paranoid about the truth of what happened to his brother. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, Region 4, widescreen 16:9, letterbox 2.39:1. |
| Language note |
English. |
| Subjects |
Rubin, Bruce Joel -- Film adaptations |
| Afghan War, 2001- -- Drama |
| Veterans -- Drama |
| Surgeons -- Drama |
| Brothers -- Drama |
| Hallucinations and illusions -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Horror films |
| Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Detective and mystery films |
| Film remakes |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Rosenthal, David M., 1969- director. |
| Buhler, Jeff, 1967- screenwriter. |
| Wall, Jake Wade screenwriter. |
| Thorp, Sarah, (Screenwriter) screenwriter. |
| Ealy, Michael actor. |
| Williams, Jesse, 1981- actor. |
| Beharie, Nicole actor. |
| Rubin, Bruce Joel. Jacob's ladder Motion picture adaptation of (work) |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Beharie, Nicole .
- Buhler, Jeff, 1967- .
- Ealy, Michael .
- Rosenthal, David M., 1969- .
- Rubin, Bruce Joel. Jacob's ladder .
- Thorp, Sarah, (Screenwriter) .
- Wall, Jake Wade .
- Williams, Jesse, 1981- .
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